erik@echocen.UUCP (Erik Ch. Ohrnberger) (10/01/90)
While reading a computer type magazine, I found a very interesting add. It was for an outfit called Colorado Memory Systems, and the product, Jumbo. The add promises 120 MB of tape backup storage, industry standard QIC read and write capability, and working with IMB PC, XT, AT, 386, PS/2 and compatibles. It further promises Novell, 2COM, PC Net, and optional Xenix/Unix support. All this for $399.00 Now, I have been looking for a way to add tape backup capabilities to my 386 system from some time, but this price looks to low. Does anyone have any experiences with this company and/or device? What sort of performace, compatibility etc would this tape drive be expected to deliver in a Xenix/Unix environment? How difficult is it to add to a system? I plan on calling C.M.S. and getting all the information that they have, but I wanted the other side of the story also. Thanks, Erik. -- Erik Ohrnberger UUCP Work: uunet!edsews!edstip!ohrnb 2620 Woodchase Court UUCP Home: uunet!eds.com!echocen!erik Sterling Heights, MI 48310
tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (theresa) (10/02/90)
CMS units are excellent. They got an Editor's Choice in a PC m Magazine review, at some point.. I own a Jumbo drive, and I would like to use it under Esix % 5.3.2 C If anyone knows how, let me know, Tim
emanuele@mceha.UUCP (Mark Emanuele) (10/06/90)
In article <791@echocen.UUCP>, erik@echocen.UUCP (Erik Ch. Ohrnberger) writes: > > While reading a computer type magazine, I found a very interesting > add. It was for an outfit called Colorado Memory Systems, and the > product, Jumbo. The add promises 120 MB of tape backup storage, > industry standard QIC read and write capability, and working with IMB > PC, XT, AT, 386, PS/2 and compatibles. It further promises Novell, > 2COM, PC Net, and optional Xenix/Unix support. All this for $399.00 I have used them in both the DOS and XENIX environments and have nothing but praise for them. They work off yhe stystem's floppy controller and have a multi language menu system in the DOS version. I believe the 120 Mb may be with data compression. If you are a dealer the price is even less. Mark A. Emanuele emanuele@overlf.UUCP -- Mark A. Emanuele UNIX Systems Coordinator Middlesex County Health Department - Environmental Health Division emanuele@mceha.UUCP
ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) (10/08/90)
In <692@mceha.UUCP> emanuele@mceha.UUCP (Mark Emanuele) writes: >In article <791@echocen.UUCP>, erik@echocen.UUCP (Erik Ch. Ohrnberger) writes: >> >> While reading a computer type magazine, I found a very interesting >> add. It was for an outfit called Colorado Memory Systems, and the >> product, Jumbo. The add promises 120 MB of tape backup storage, >> industry standard QIC read and write capability, and working with IMB >> PC, XT, AT, 386, PS/2 and compatibles. It further promises Novell, >> 2COM, PC Net, and optional Xenix/Unix support. All this for $399.00 >I have used them in both the DOS and XENIX environments and have nothing >but praise for them. They work off yhe stystem's floppy controller and >have a multi language menu system in the DOS version. I believe the 120 >Mb may be with data compression. If you are a dealer the price is even >less. Such a drive would be relatively slow. Not a fatal deficit, especially if you're only using the drive for backups, but worth factoring in. -- ergo@netcom.uucp Isaac Rabinovitch {apple,amdahl,claris}!netcom!ergo Silicon Valley, CA Collins's Law: If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. Corollaries ("Rabinovitch's Rules of Sane Dialogue"): 1. Everybody who matters is stupid now and then. 2. If I'm being stupid, that's my problem. 3. If my being stupid makes you stupid, that's your problem. 4. If you think you're never stupid, boy are you stupid!