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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Wangtek 5525ES tape drive
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.180847.18019@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Sep7.194138.290@robkaos.GUN.de>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:08:47 GMT
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- In <1992Sep7.194138.290@robkaos.GUN.de> robsch@robkaos.GUN.de (Robert Schien) writes:
-
- >I am looking for information about the Wangtek 5525ES tape drive.
- >I have the following questions:
- >1) Is the 525MB only valid if data can be compressed (such as text files) or
- > is it a "real" 525MB capacity?
-
- The 525 MB capacity is with compression. The uncompressed size is 300
- MB or so (I forget exactly).
-
- >2) What lower density formats can the 5525ES read and/or write? (For example
- > 60MB, 120MB, 80MB, 150MB, 250MB etc)
-
- It is a QIC-150 capable drive, which means that it ought to be able to
- read anything readable with that standard (250MB/150MB) drive.
-
- >3) What drivers are available (ISC 2.2, ESIX 3.2D, Dell, Destiny, etc)?
- > What features have these drivers? Do they support all the modes the
- > hardware is able to do (see question 2)?
-
- I can't speak directly to the others, but I've spoken with Dell and
- they definitely support the Wangtek 5525 SCSI tape. I would think
- that the QIC-150 SCSI drivers should be available in practically any
- UNIX.
-
- >4) Does it work reliably with the Adaptec 1542B?
-
- Yes. Or at least it ought to. This is, in fact, the combination that
- Dell Supports (AHA-154x controller w/ Wangtek 5525 SCSI tape).
-
- >5) What does it cost at the moment in the US? You know we have a quite
- > low dollar exchange rate at the moment :) I found only one offer
- > in Computer Shopper ($899 for the bare drive).
-
- The cheapest I've seen it is $820 or so, and that is for the bare
- drive. I think it usually goes for more than that.
-
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