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- From: ed@maxed (Ed Whittemore)
- Subject: Re: Tape Drive Recommendations?
- Organization: American Micro Group, Inc., Ft. Lee NJ
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:49:27 GMT
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- Patrick Conroy (pat@abtlabs.uucp) wrote:
- :
- : My new system is coming in soon (thanks to all who helped with
- : suggestions) and I'm worried about getting a tape drive for it.
- :
- : I'd like some more suggestions from the community please.
- :
- :
- : The hardware: Gateway i486, EISA, Adaptec 1742 SCSI
- : The software: Interactive ISC V3.0 (and mebb'e Solaris when it ships)
- :
- :
- : Can someone recommend tape backup units that won't cost me an
- : arm and a leg! I don't care about speed -- this is for home use.
- : Nor do I really care about capacity: 40, 120 would be ok. 250 would
- : be great!
- :
- : Do I *have* to get a SCSI tape? Or would a "floppy" tape drive work?
- : Would an IDE tape device peacefully coexist with the Adaptec card?
- :
- : Do any of those nice cheap tape drives at CompUSA or Computer City
- : work with Unix?
- : - Irwin Plus 120 or 250 - Mountain FS4000
- : - Colorado "Jumbo" 120 / 250 - Archive "Accutrac +"?
- : - Wangtek
- :
- : Finally -- who are you buying your tape drives from?
- :
- : Thanks again - Patrick
- : =============================================================================
- : Patrick Conroy Internet: pat@doc.abbott.com
- : Abbott Laboratories AnotherINet: pat@turing.abbott.com
- : P.O.B. 152020 YetAnotherINet: 75016.3500@CompuServe.com
- : 1921 Hurd Drive 2-27 TelephoneNet: (214) 518-6738 The sky
- : Irving, TX 75015-2020 FAXNet: (214) 518-7469 is cryin'
-
- The Irwin floppy tape will work, Colorado has a poor relaibility
- rep. it seems; the best choice is QIC, 4MM, or 8MM, but with
- the Adaptec 174(x) there appears to be firmware problems for SCSI
- tape. Also, you need the ISC update disk ver. 3 or later? to
- get the 1742 to work, as opposed to the 1740.
- --
- Ed Whittemore uunet!maxed!ed ed@maxed.amg.com
- American Micro Group, Inc. 201-944-3293
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