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- Subject: Re: tlug: DAT tape drive
- From: Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:56:04 +0900 (JST)
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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. -------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------- Next TLUG Nomikai: 11 March Wed 1998 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 19:30 Chuo-ku, Kyobashi 1-1-6, EchiZenYa Bld. B1/B2 03-3275-3691 Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code --------------------------------------------------------------- a word from the sponsor: TWICS - Japan's First Public-Access Internet System www.twics.com info@example.com Tel:03-3351-5977 Fax:03-3353-6096
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