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- From: dfilip@colornet.com
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Colorado Systems - Conversation
- Keywords: floppy-based tape drives
- Message-ID: <68@colornet.com>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 22:01:58 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.225045.1285@netcom.com>
- Distribution: world
- Summary: Floppy-attached tape drives are cheap and they work
- Organization: ColorNet Information Systems
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- Tony Porczyk writes:
- >rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
- >>Tony Porczyk writes:
- >
- >>>That's a noble intention. Just show me a tape drive first that's as
- >>>inexpensive as Colorado and as proven as Colorado.
- >>>I think we should try to convince them first.
- >>
- >>The real answer is SCSI tape.
- >>Tape drives that connect to floppy controllers suck.
- >
- >Agreed. That still doesn't answer my question, though. Have you compared
- >the prices for SCSI tapes vs. floppy tapes lately? Also, for many small
- >businesses floppy tape solutions are more than sufficient (if a bit slow).
-
- And I finally write :
-
- There is a BIG price differential between floppy-attached drives (i.e., the
- Colorado QIC drives) and SCSI drives. For those of us who use this as a hobby,
- the price of a SCSI tape may be difficult to justify.
-
- Yes, the floppy-attached tapes are quite a bit slower, however they sure beat
- popping in dozens of diskettes ! And since Coherent is a $99 Unix, I would
- think that cost would be a factor for many current Coherent users.
-
- Just my $0.02.
-
- Regards,
-
- Dave.
-
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