From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 2 08:10:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA17976 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 08:10:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA17971 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 08:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA20688; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 00:39:59 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199609021509.AAA20688@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DAT for sure! To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 00:39:58 +0930 (CST) Cc: bmcgloth@mail.vt.edu, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199609021248.CAA28060@pegasus.com> from "Richard Foulk" at Sep 2, 96 02:48:09 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[