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Date:      Thu, 9 Nov 1995 00:33:07 +0000 ()
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se (Samy Touati)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Non SCSI Tape drive
Message-ID:  <199511090033.AAA08193@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.Sola.3.91.951108115049.371A-100000@bolos> from "Samy Touati" at Nov 8, 95 11:52:27 am

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Samy Touati stands accused of saying:
> 
> I'm in the process of buying a tape drive for the FBSD 2.1.
> What kind of tapes rive I can buy? 
> I'm looking at buying a Conner or a Colorado or something like that.

Don't.  Non-SCSI tape drives will just give you trouble.  Buy a really cheap
SCSI controller like an Adaptec 1540, and a decent SCSI tape unit. 

The extra money is more than worth it in terms of saved hassles, speed and
reliability.

> Samy

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