From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 18:16:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA26758 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:16:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from antares.aero.org (antares.aero.org [130.221.192.46]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA26734 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anpiel.aero.org (anpiel.aero.org [130.221.196.66]) by antares.aero.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA06712 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:16:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607150116.SAA06712@antares.aero.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Good, cheap 8mm tape system needed Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:16:21 -0700 From: "Mike O'Brien" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (Apologies if this appears twice.) My Colorado Jumbo 350 floppy tape drive just blew up its motor for the second time and I'm abandoning that product line. It's just not reliable: I've had endless problems with media errors, hardware breakage, and the lack of support under FreeBSD. It's time to get a real tape drive. I'm looking for a good 4 or 8mm tape subsystem that a) works under things like Norton Backup (for the DOS side of the house) and b) works right under FreeBSD as a no-fuss no-bother SCSI tape drive. Is this available for under $1,000? If so, what is it, and where is it? Thanks! Mike O'Brien aka Mr. Protocol, on a good day at least, which so far this is not