mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) (01/30/91)
Hi all,
I'm considering buying a Wangtek 60 Mb tape backup system from NSI
Computer Products, located in Torrance, CA. The model # of the drive
is 50990-N24. It is an internal drive with its own controller, and it uses
DC600A tapes. According to the sales rep, the transfer rate is 6.5 Mb/min
and it uses the QIC-60 format. NSI's price is currently $348, and they
reportedly buy them from Wangtek "by the thousands."
First of all, what is the QIC-60 format, and are there any other
manufacturers who use it? I've heard of QIC40 and QIC80, as well as
Archive's QIC36, but what about QIC60? Apparently the tapes DO have
to be formatted.
Has anyone had any experience with this particular tape drive, with
Wangtek products, or with NSI? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
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`-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (02/04/91)
In article <36584@netnews.upenn.edu> mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) writes: | I'm considering buying a Wangtek 60 Mb tape backup system from NSI | Computer Products, located in Torrance, CA. The model # of the drive | is 50990-N24. It is an internal drive with its own controller, and it uses | DC600A tapes. According to the sales rep, the transfer rate is 6.5 Mb/min | and it uses the QIC-60 format. NSI's price is currently $348, and they | reportedly buy them from Wangtek "by the thousands." I've used these for years in Xenix and UNIX systems and Sun-3 workstations. They normally run QIC-24 or QIC-11, not QIC-60. I'm not even sure that's the right standard, some of the QIC numbers are bus interfaces and the like. You can run these with the Wangtek PC-36 and Everex EV-811 controllers as QIC-24. Good price, I presume the controller is extra at that price? -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune) (02/05/91)
In article <3080@sixhub.UUCP>, davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > You can run these with the Wangtek PC-36 and Everex EV-811 controllers as QIC-24. Actually, the Everex controller you can use with the 5099 is an EV-831 (not the EV-811 -- the EV-811 is a QIC-02 controller card). -- Erik
wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) (02/05/91)
What's a suitable controller card for an 1/2 height Archive drive, 5945C? Are there any for under $100? Clarence Wilkerson