Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:16:10 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: nadav@cs.technion.ac.il (Nadav Eiron) Cc: ljo@mcs.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Symbios 53C876 (differential) and 20 GB DLT tape drive Message-ID: <199703262016.VAA00984@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.970326104102.18484A-100000@csd> from "Nadav Eiron" at Mar 26, 97 10:43:29 am
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As Nadav Eiron wrote... > On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Lars Jonas Olsson wrote: > > > I'm thinking of buying a DLT subsystem from CSC. Its a 10/20 GB DLT > > drive in external enclosure, cable, terminator, and controller for > > $1495. > > > > The controller is based on Symbios 53C876. Is this likely to work > > with FreeBSD? Is the programming any different or is it only > > electrically different (differential vs single ended)? > > > > What about 10/20 GB DLT drives, can modenr 20/40 GB drives read the > > older tapes? Any other recommended drives? I already have a 2/4 GB DAT > > drive and am looking for something bigger and more reliable. > > AFAIK (and you can probably check quentum's or DEC's web site for details) You need to check with Quantum (www.quantum.com) these days. > all DLT drives can read from and write to all lower-capacity DLT tapes. > The only model I'm not sure about is the 35GB/70GB. I guess it probably > reads/writes 10 and 20 GB tapes, but it's worth checking if it's important > to you. The 10/20Gb (TZ87 in DEC-speak) will also read the lower density tapes. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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