From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 08:50:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA04448 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.PII.COM (pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA04427 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PII.COM by PII.COM (4.1/SMI-4.4) id AA08760; Tue, 16 Jul 96 09:04:55 PDT Received: by smtp with Microsoft Mail id <31EBB9B4@smtp>; Tue, 16 Jul 96 08:48:04 PDT From: Robert Clark To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: FW: Good, cheap 8mm tape system needed Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 08:47:00 PDT Message-Id: <31EBB9B4@smtp> Encoding: 31 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike, I've had good luck with HP SureStore 5000i drives. (4mil DAT internal) Around 800$ last time I checked. [RC] ---------- From: owner-freebsd-questions To: freebsd-questions Subject: Good, cheap 8mm tape system needed Date: Sunday, July 14, 1996 5:11PM 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