From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 20 12: 9: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from yana.lemis.com (yana.lemis.com [192.109.197.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F4B37C163 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:08:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: from mojave.worldwide.lemis.com ([216.88.157.130]) by yana.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA12997; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:38:28 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by mojave.worldwide.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA03483; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:08:08 -0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OnStream Tape drives Message-ID: <20000320120808.H2898@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <8auka9$mkl$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <8auka9$mkl$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>; from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de on Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:57:45AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Saturday, 18 March 2000 at 1:57:45 +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > fbsd-dave wrote: > >> Looks like a used or pull DLT from ebay is still the best ticket for >> onesy-twosy requirements. > > BTW, can anybody comment on the prospects of buying used DLT drives? > I'm told they're robust, but... > > Earlier this week there was a 4-year old DLT4000 at a local auction > site. It seemed kind of interesting, but I have no idea in what > condition such a drive is after (possibly) four years of daily > (ab)use. I have a refurbished DLT4000. I haven't had any trouble with it. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message