Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:02:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: mjacob@feral.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, richard@pegasus.com Subject: Re: Is this (SCSI) tape drive compatible with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19970831140246.12132@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199708310407.NAA01035@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Aug 31, 1997 at 01:37:47PM %2B0930 References: <199708310211.TAA00598@ns.feral.com> <199708310407.NAA01035@word.smith.net.au>
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On Sun, Aug 31, 1997 at 01:37:47PM +0930, Mike Smith wrote: >> The drives aren't *that* robust- I'd say an old 9 track is >> more robust, mechanical, not vacuum. It's data density is very low though. > > I wasn't comparing them to a 1/2" transport, but rather to a 4mm or 8mm > mechanism. You will note that, in fact, I specifically mentioned that > the only commercially active 1/2" transport currently on the market > (DLT) was probably *more* robust. DLT is 1/2"? News to me. And certainly DLT isn't what people think of when you talk 1/2" tape. Greg
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