From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 06:21:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA05025 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 06:21:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM (aspen.woc.atinc.com [198.138.38.205]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA05014 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 06:21:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA09342; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 09:20:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 09:20:38 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" X-Sender: jmb@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM To: Michael Smith cc: Barry Masterson , questions@freebsd.org Subject: SCSI QIC (was Re: QIC-80 & 15 day return policy) In-Reply-To: <199602040613.QAA03382@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > Barry Masterson stands accused of saying: > > The Colorado only costs $120.00, it seemed like a good deal at the time. > > But the cost of the 1542, and whatever a tape drive for that card will > > run me is a concern. > > You should be able to get a secondhand QIC150 tape unit for around $100; > these will take the 250M DC6250 tapes, and are rock-solid. > (eg. I paid $150 australian recently for an Archive Viper 150 and an > Adaptec 1510). received a flyer in the mail from computer systems center for a Connor (nee Archive) Anaconda SCSI-II 1.3GB (native, 2.6GB compressed) QIC tape drive. these are no longer listed on the Connor home page (http://www.conner.com/products.html). $195 internal, $259 external. any experience with these units?? Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG