From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 6 10:00:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21445 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:00:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21332 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:59:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA09021; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:59:39 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802061759.JAA09021@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Donald Burr cc: Jamie Clark , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Opinions on which Tape Drive to Buy? In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 06 Feb 98 07:06:34 -0800. Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 09:59:37 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" >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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon mvanloon@exmsft.com michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------