Re: tlug: DAT tape drive

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

 > >May I suggest, unless you have to have DAT format, a Seagate CTT8000
 > >internal or its external equivalent, or the other compatible brands
 > >(H-P, ?).  Uses DT-4200 / QIC-3095 tapes, 2 GB (4 GB compressed) ($30)
 > 
 > 
 > I'll second this recommendation.  I'm using the 4 GB SCSI internal version
 > of that drive (at the time, it was a Conner CMS 3200, but Seagate only
 > changed the name) for over 2 years with absolutely no problems.  It uses QIC
 > 3080 cartridges, which are a bit hard to find in Japan, but T-Zone sells
 > them, as well as selling the current 8 GB flavor of the drive.  As Felix
 > mentions, unless you must have DAT, this is a fast, reliable, and cheaper
 > alternative.
DAT would be better for me. What is cheaper the drive or the tapes. My brother
tells me that the 2GB tapes for DAT are about 7DM=500yen, which would be
much cheaper than 30$.

Marcus

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