Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 09:59:37 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Donald Burr <dburr@poboxes.com> Cc: Jamie Clark <jamie@erinet.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Opinions on which Tape Drive to Buy? Message-ID: <199802061759.JAA09021@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 06 Feb 98 07:06:34 -0800. <XFMail.980206071311.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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>Avoid the HP/Colorado and Seagate SCSI tape, however, I have heard bad
>things about these (coming from, I believe, the FreeBSD lists). Other
>than that, most any tape drive will do. Many like Exabyte drives; the
>Archive family is popular as well.
Be careful of generalizing too much. Archive is owned by Seagate.
Avoid the Seagate (and other) cheap cartridge drives. The Seagate/
Archive DAT drives are fine.
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