rutland@stdc01.UUCP (John Rutland) (09/21/90)
I have been following the recent postings on 150 M SCSI tape drives. Looking through PC Week and Computer Shopper I find the Wangtek 5150ES for about $800 and the Archive 2150S for about $500 (both bare drive). Is there some difference in features that would account for this price difference (ability to write 60 M tapes)? I am running ESIX/V.3.2 Rev C with an Adaptec 1542. The Wangtek 5150ES is listed as working in this configuration. Has anyone used the Archive 2150S with this type of configuration ?
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) (09/21/90)
rutland@stdc01.UUCP (John Rutland) writes: >I have been following the recent postings on 150 M SCSI tape >drives. Looking through PC Week and Computer Shopper I find >the Wangtek 5150ES for about $800 and the Archive 2150S for >about $500 (both bare drive). Is there some difference in >features that would account for this price difference Last I heard the Wangtek has ceramic heads - while the archive has metal heads - and the ceramic heads do much better at writing and reading the 250 megabytes 6250 tapes -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA {larry@nstar, uunet!sco!romed!nstar!larry, nstar!larry@ndmath.math.nd.edu} usenet newsfeeds available Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)