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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: SGI Dat sold separately?
- Message-ID: <tp1e550@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Dec18.004854.5728@jericho.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 21:39:21 GMT
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- In <1992Dec18.004854.5728@jericho.uucp> gord%jericho.uucp (Gord Wait) writes:
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- | So far, the SGI Dat machine seems to be the only one that does Audio
- | and Computer Backups (correct me if I'm wrong please!).
- |
- | If I could buy an SGI dat drive (without an SGI computer) , could it
- | be connected to a PC via some scsi controller, and could I get it to
- | work for both audio and data without an SGI box attached?
-
- Yes, but getting the documentation on what to do is going to be
- tough, since we don't supply the low level programming info,
- just a high level library that makes calls into our tape
- driver. You *might* be able to get the documentation from
- Ardat, but I sort of doubt it; it is very informal. For the
- same reasons, I don't have something that I could just post.
-
- | I would like both tape backup, and an audio dat, and it would seem
- | silly to have to purchase two different dat machines!
- |
- | If the above is possible, how much (roughly) does the SGI dat sell
- | for? If it cost more than a PC dat plus and audio dat, it would
- | obviously be a dumb idea...
-
- I think it is $2000 US, but it might be more. So, depending on
- what consumer DAT drive you buy, it is likely to be more expensive.
-
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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