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- In <3h41so$80i@beta.inc.net> syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust) writes:
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- >for you, you might not be able to read it in your 8200. Now there's the
- >8505, a slightly cheaper version of the 8500, I believe because it does
- >software compression instead of hardware compression.
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- Dunno where is the difference :) The EXB8505 is probably cheaper because
- it uses a newer half-height chassis.
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- BTW, the 8500 has no compression mode. The 8500C has.
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- >I've got an 8500 here, and I love it. I use it to back up the Amiga,
- >the WinNT machine, the SGI, the Mac, everything, using various drivers.
- >It's fast and the tapes are cheap ~$8 each.
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- Yes. But it was still too expensive for me. People that want similar
- features may look into the latest HP DDS-2 DATs. Slightly less capacity,
- same speed and much cheaper.
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- I hope Exabyte can get their Mammooth drive out soon.
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- Regards,
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- Michael van Elst
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- Internet: mlelstv@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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