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Re: tlug: DAT tape drive



On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, 3Web - Jonathan wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Morley Finch <felix@example.com>
> To: tlug@example.com <tlug@example.com>
> Date: 1998年3月5日 14:06
> Subject: Re: tlug: DAT tape drive
> 
> 
> >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.
> 

As far as compatibility goes, i think Linux's st driver will work with
just about any SCSI tape drive.  I have a WangDAT in Utah and a Sony
version of it here in Umegaoka, and both of those work as well... 4GB
uncompressed DAT.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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