seth@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Madison MadMan Miles) (06/13/91)
Hello, It's me again. The guy who bought UNIX from DELL and found out that I had to have a tape drive to get it. I need some advice on which drive to get. The tape that I have is a 1/4" cartridge that is a DC6150 tape. It is formatted at 150 megs. I need to know of the cheapest tape drive that I can get to read it. Yes I have a Computer Shopper but I don't know which one to get. Dell wants $799 for theirs, but I know that I can do better than that. Any advice or specific ads will be greatly appreciated. If you have one and live near Purdue, I would love to borrow one. Thanx in advance. Madison Miles seth@gn.ecn.purdue.edu
larry@zztop.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (06/13/91)
seth@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Madison MadMan Miles) writes: >a DC6150 tape. It is formatted at 150 megs. I need to know of the >cheapest tape drive that I can get to read it. Yes I have a Computer >Shopper but I don't know which one to get. Dell wants $799 for theirs, >but I know that I can do better than that. Any advice or specific ads >will be greatly appreciated. 799 isn't bad - the drive we use on our boxes are Archives 2150S -- Larry Snyder larry@zztop.rn.com
richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) (06/15/91)
>>a DC6150 tape. It is formatted at 150 megs. I need to know of the >>cheapest tape drive that I can get to read it. Yes I have a Computer >>Shopper but I don't know which one to get. Dell wants $799 for theirs, >>but I know that I can do better than that. Any advice or specific ads >>will be greatly appreciated. > >799 isn't bad - the drive we use on our boxes are Archives 2150S There was a discussion about tape drives in this group some months back. I seem to recall some indication that the Wangtek drives were preferable. They supposedly have better heads and handle the DC6250 (250 meg) tapes more reliably. -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com