bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) (05/17/91)
I'm looking for 9-track 6250bpi tape drives with SCSI interface.
Does anybody have any experience, recommendations? We will be
using this on either an Adaptec or Bustek SCSI controller with
Chantal Paragon software (SCO UNIXV3.2v2).
Thanks.
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uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591kb13+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ken Burner) (05/20/91)
>I'm looking for 9-track 6250bpi tape drives with SCSI interface.
Try these:
Cipher Data Products, San Diego, CA, (619) 578-9100.
Fujitsu America, San Jose, CA, (408) 432-1300.
StorageTek, Louisville CO, (303) 673-4066. [Model 92185]
These are drive manufacturers -- they may or may not be able to help you
with an SCO-compatible device driver. For that, you may need to go to a
value-added reseller or system integrator.
-Ken Burner
Carnegie-Mellon Computing Servicesmcb@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Michael Berry) (05/21/91)
Re: 9-track 6250bpi tape drives with SCSI interface. You could look at the HP 88780B. A product data sheet should address most of your concerns. Contact: Lon Hoss Peripheral OEM Sales Rep Hewlett-Packard 9255 SW Pioneer Ct Wilsonville OR 97070 503-682-8123 You can get the drive from: Group 3 Distributing 2020 116 Ave N.E. Bellview WA 98004 Michael Berry ARPA:mcb%hpgrla@hplabs.HP.COM UUCP:hplabs!hpgrla!mcb Technical Marketing Dept, Hewlett-Packard, Greeley Storage Division
campbelr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Bob Campbell) (05/22/91)
>>I'm looking for 9-track 6250bpi tape drives with SCSI interface. > Try these: > > Cipher Data Products, San Diego, CA, (619) 578-9100. > Fujitsu America, San Jose, CA, (408) 432-1300. > StorageTek, Louisville CO, (303) 673-4066. [Model 92185] > > These are drive manufacturers -- they may or may not be able to help you > with an SCO-compatible device driver. For that, you may need to go to a > value-added reseller or system integrator. > > -Ken Burner > Carnegie-Mellon Computing Services Additionally, Hewlett Packard makes the 7980S. Call 1-(800) 752-0900 for more information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Campbell Some times I wish that I could stop you from campbelr@hpda.cup.hp.com talking, when I hear the silly things you say. Hewlett Packard - Elvis Costello
pvr@wang.com (Peter Reilley) (05/23/91)
bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes: >I'm looking for 9-track 6250bpi tape drives with SCSI interface. >Does anybody have any experience, recommendations? We will be >using this on either an Adaptec or Bustek SCSI controller with >Chantal Paragon software (SCO UNIXV3.2v2). I have worked with Storage Tek 9914 9 track drive for a few years now and have found that it is an excellent drive. The model that I have handles 6250, 3200, 1600, and 800 densities. I have written a number of device drivers for this drive and have no problem recommending it. There is a problem with the tape device driver in SCO UNIX 3.2.2 with variable block tapes. When you read a tape you must specify the exact block size. If your read request is larger than the block size on tape an error will be returned. This is non-standard behavior for unix. If you use tar, cpio, dd and specify the correct block size it will work. If you don't know the block size then you will not be able to read the tape. -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter Reilley ..... pvr@wang.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Well, that about says it.