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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: parallel port tape drives
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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Murray Stokely wrote:

>    How do you setup external tape drives that use the parallel port?  

You don't.  They aren't supported at current.  Floppy tapes are if they
are QIC-40 or -80 tapes.

SCSI, although expensive, is the way to go.  They work flawlessly.

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