tbray@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Tim Bray) (01/09/90)
We need to pump a *lot* of data (100s of Mb) back and forth to the disks on our 386/ix (R2.0.2) system. There are starting to be some excellent deals on digital tape technology from Exabyte and others. Anybody have any of these running on 386/ix? Whose? How's it work? Tim Bray, New Oxford English Dictionary Project -and- Open Text Systems Waterloo, Ont. (519)746-8288, tbray@watsol.waterloo.edu
mark@zok.UUCP (Mark W. Snitily) (01/10/90)
In article <19590@watdragon.waterloo.edu> tbray@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Tim Bray) writes: >We need to pump a *lot* of data (100s of Mb) back and forth to the disks >on our 386/ix (R2.0.2) system. There are starting to be some excellent >deals on digital tape technology from Exabyte and others. Anybody have >any of these running on 386/ix? Whose? How's it work? Rumor has it that ISC will support the Exabyte in the soon to be released 386/ix 2.2 (last I heard, due out 1-Feb-90). Anyone from ISC care to comment? -- Mark Mark W. Snitily Consulting Services: 894 Brookgrove Lane Graphics, Operating Systems, Compilers Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 252-0456 mark@zok.uucp
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (01/10/90)
Weall, I saw an Exabyte (Perfect Byte, I think) running on one of their
machines at ISC's Cambridge offices about 9 or so months ago. (Hey, I was
on a social call!) At that time, the driver was under development.
I don't know what the official word is or anything about its status
as a product or a non-product.
--
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edusupport@ism780c.isc.com (Support account) (01/13/90)
In article <402@zok.UUCP> mark@zok.UUCP (Mark W. Snitily) writes: >Rumor has it that ISC will support the Exabyte in the soon to be released >386/ix 2.2 (last I heard, due out 1-Feb-90). Anyone from ISC care to >comment? From the 386/ix V2.2 Release Notes: "Support for Adaptec SCSI host adapters now allows Exabyte EXB-8200 DAT (2.3 gigabyte) tape drives to be used with the 386/ix system." We are also currently testing Wangtek DATs, which appear to be fully functional. This release is now scheduled to ship in early April, 1990.
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (01/13/90)
In article <38038@ism780c.isc.com>, support@ism780c.isc.com (Support account) writes: > This release is now scheduled to ship in early April, 1990. What other items will be added/fixed in 2.2? -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry
karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) (01/14/90)
In article <511137@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes: >In article <38038@ism780c.isc.com>, support@ism780c.isc.com (Support account) writes: >> This release is now scheduled to ship in early April, 1990. > >What other items will be added/fixed in 2.2? And along those lines, how much will the update cost? We're interested, but one thing that really gets under my skin (regardless of who the vendor is) is when a company has a "60 day" update policy, and then slips the ship date a couple of times -- with the result being that we don't get the update that we would otherwise receive at no charge..... -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 708 566-8911], Voice: [+1 708 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (01/15/90)
> We're interested, but one thing that really gets under my skin (regardless > of who the vendor is) is when a company has a "60 day" update policy, and > then slips the ship date a couple of times -- with the result being that we > don't get the update that we would otherwise receive at no charge..... On another note, ISC is supposed to be shipping the LPI ANSI C compiler with the ISC 2.02 development system (it is included in the original price) affectiveJan 1. I wonder if they are indeed shipping the LPI compiler along with the standard AT&T/ISC compiler? Also, I wonder if both compilers can be installed and run side-by-side? -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry
richard@pegasus.uucp (Richard Foulk) (01/15/90)
> >From the 386/ix V2.2 Release Notes: > >"Support for Adaptec SCSI host adapters now allows Exabyte EXB-8200 >DAT (2.3 gigabyte) tape drives to be used with the 386/ix system." > Since when did Exabyte start making DAT drives? The ones I've seen use 8mm video cassettes. -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.uucp richard%pegasus.uucp@nosc.mil richard@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu