From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 16 22:59:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA16960 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA16955; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA15950; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605170559.WAA15950@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), jcald@orbit1i.nesdis.noaa.gov, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for help selecting tape device In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 16 May 96 18:18:02 -0700. <199605170118.SAA23324@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:59:37 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> What's wrong with the T1000? I seem to recall that people have been >> using them OK - I'd check the mailing list archives for references >> before giving up hope. > the HP Colorado T1000 comes in two flavors: floppy and parallel. > capacity is 400MB native, 800MB (approx) compressed. thruput > will be *slow*. unless you have no other choice, you dont want > this device. > get yourself a nice scsi tape unit 1.3GB native for the same price. Since when can you get SCSI tape drives for the same price as cheap floppy-controller tape drivers? I've yet to see one even close... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------