Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 00:39:58 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Cc: bmcgloth@mail.vt.edu, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DAT for sure! Message-ID: <199609021509.AAA20688@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199609021248.CAA28060@pegasus.com> from "Richard Foulk" at Sep 2, 96 02:48:09 am
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Richard Foulk stands accused of saying: > > } > } Dirt Cheap Drives seems to have decent prices for both of the above items: > } $589 for the drive and $139 for the kit ($79 just the card). [...] > > You can get a 2Gig 8mm Exabyte drive for $299. They're faster and use > less expensive tapes than DATs. And they work great with FreeBSD. You're kidding, right? You can get an EXB8x00 for $299? A 2G DDS-2 tape here is about $13, as opposed to about $25 for a 112M generic-brand 8mm data cart. I hope you're not recommending a refurbed or late-rev EXB8200 - they're lethally bad. > Richard -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199609021509.AAA20688>