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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:43:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
To:        obrien@antares.aero.org (Mike O'Brien)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good, cheap 8mm tape system needed
Message-ID:  <199607151943.MAA04737@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199607150011.RAA05803@antares.aero.org> from "Mike O'Brien" at Jul 14, 96 05:11:45 pm

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Mike O'Brien wrote:
> 
> 	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
> 


	take a look at the hardware section of the handbook

	http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html

	hit the link "10.4 Storage Devices"

	then go to "10.4.5.3 scsi drives"

	several formats and ~20 scsi tape drives are listed

jmb
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