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Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 22:12:19 -0500
From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net>
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Subject: Re: floppy tape drive
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Bernie Doehner wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I am a very small non-profit ISP and it's come clear to me I need to spend
> a few (very few) $$ on a tape drive.
> 
> My server doesn't have SCSI, so this leaves me with very few options. Any
> recommendations on floppy based tape drives?

I have a Colorado Jumbo 350 which is recognised and i can send commands
to, move the tape, view tape dirs, etc, but apparently can't write
successfully with the DC2120XL (350MB) tapes (error when it reaches end
of a track, apparently not expecting such a length of tape).  I haven't
tried yet with the plain DC2120 (250MB) tapes, but i have a feeling they
would work fine.  (BTW, anyone know if 'ft' actually supports the
DC2120XL or even the new DC2120EX tapes?)


Chris Dillon