ab@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Alan Butcher) (02/13/91)
I am looking for recommendations/advice for an 8mm tape drive unit for a couple of VAXserver 3600. It's does not appear that Digital offers 8mm for the VAXserver 3600. Which vendors are good? Installation kits/hardware/instructions/any problems? What is the software support? We run VAX/VMS and Ultrix. ---- Alan Butcher, ab@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University Drawer 2000, Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-7226 -- Alan Butcher, ab@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University Drawer 2000, Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-7226
mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS) (02/19/91)
In article <1320@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> ab@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Alan Butcher) writes: >I am looking for recommendations/advice for an 8mm tape drive unit for a >couple of VAXserver 3600. It's does not appear that Digital offers >8mm for the VAXserver 3600. > >Which vendors are good? >Installation kits/hardware/instructions/any problems? >What is the software support? We run VAX/VMS and Ultrix. > I have been extremely happy with Trimarchi. I was an early user of the Exabyte unit, and had numerous problems due to bugs in the Exabyte controller. Trimarchi made certain I was a happy customer. I believe I have gone through 4 units, but am now fully functional. It is very nice to be able to do a full image backup of a 620 meg drive unattended, believe me. Jeff E Mandel MD MS Asst Professor of Anesthesiology Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA