steve@CHAOS.OCEAN.FSU.EDU (Steve Van Gorder) (01/06/90)
Hi, I have a Personal Iris 4D/20 with a 170 Mb disk and I would like to install an additional 760 Mb drive in the full height slot. The problem is what to do with my existing 150 Mb SCSI tape drive. I am aware that Silicon Graphics sells an external unit for disk drives but the price of one of these with a 380 Mb drive is the same as an internal 760 Mb drive. Does anyone out there know if there is some type of (inexpensive) external cabinet that I can move the tape drive to? Or any other suggestions ... Thanks in advance for your help -- Steve VanGorder | TCP/IP : steve@chaos.ocean.fsu.edu Dept. of Oceanography | Florida State University | BITNET : gorder@fsu.bitnet Tallahassee, Fl 32306 (904)644-2447 |
jweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon) (01/07/90)
In article <9001051804.AA01256@chaos.ocean.fsu.edu> steve@CHAOS.OCEAN.FSU.EDU (Steve Van Gorder) writes: >Hi, > >I have a Personal Iris 4D/20 with a 170 Mb disk and I would like to install >an additional 760 Mb drive in the full height slot. The problem is what to >do with my existing 150 Mb SCSI tape drive. > >Does anyone out there know if there is some type of (inexpensive) external >cabinet that I can move the tape drive to? > If you are considering buying another PI in the near future, one solution would be to purchase that one WITHOUT the slide-in tape drive, and purchase the External 150 Meg Tape option. This sits on top of the PI and is externally powered, leaving your top slot free for the 760. You can use the other existing tape drive in the new one...Check with the Sales Rep or System Engineer in your area for more information. My Price Book show this as the P5-T4C3A 150 Meg External SCSI Tape Drive. I'm sure there are other answers that would work, but this is the most logical if you are considering purchasing another PI. Jack Weldon SGI Product Support