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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: EXB-8500 8mm tape drive
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Jul21.190637.13451@deepthought.uucp> <1992Jul22.163319.5176@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 07:27:01 GMT
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- In <1992Jul22.163319.5176@midway.uchicago.edu> eer1@midway.uchicago.edu(Paul Woods) writes:
-
- | In article <1992Jul21.190637.13451@deepthought.uucp> deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu
- | (Neil Greene) writes:
- |
- | > I have an 8200 (2.5G) drive which is probably the same as the 8500, unless
- | they
- | > have changed something I am unaware of. You do not need any special drivers,
- | > just set your scsi id # (be sure to pick one which is not in use and don't use
- | > 7 or 1 since that is the cpu and default id for your internal hard disk. If
- | > you have other scsi devices check your numbers).
- |
- | Actually I think I saw an article that stated " The 8200 is based on a standard
- | video mechanism and the 8500 is based on a more robust data quality unit" I
- | could be wrong though
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- Exabyte has always claimed that the 8200 mechanism was redesigned from
- the video mechanism. The design still leaves a lot to be desired
- though. It remains to be seen if the 8500 will be better, as it hasn't
- really been out all that long in volume.
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- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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