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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 1999 15:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which tape drive: CTD8000, C1533A, STD28000N, or STD5000?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061505440.4772-100000@mug.adhesivemedia.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9910061327500.1525-100000@feral.com>

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[which dds drive to get snipped]

> I have to say I've been disappointed by low end DATs. If you can, go to
> www.corpsys.com and get the older Archive DDS2 4 slot changer- it's only
> 500$. Otherwise, I say spend more money and get an HP DDS3 drive.
> 
> I have to say that the TR4/TR5 clones that HP seems to be building seem
> pretty good. Media is expensive though.

Are they decent drives?  I didn't include them in my list due to the
number of posts in these mailing lists complaining about them.  The drive
itself seems a lot cheaper.  Media seems to be about $30... so if you
don't need many tapes is that a good way to go?

-philip



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