mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) (09/14/90)
I'm shopping for a new home system and will need a tape drive. We have a 60 MB Everex at work that has performed flawlessly, but I want a 150 MB or 250 MB at home and haven't seen an Everex advertised in that capacity. Any other recommendations? I have a vaguely favorable impression of Wangtek, but I can't remember where it comes from. Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard 60 MB tapes? Thanks in advance for any insight. -- Mark McWiggins Integration Technologies, Inc. (Intek) +1 206 455 9935 DISCLAIMER: I could be wrong ... 1400 112th Ave SE #202 Bellevue WA 98004 mark@intek.com Ask me about C++!
mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) (09/17/90)
mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: >Any other recommendations? I have a vaguely favorable impression of Wangtek, >but I can't remember where it comes from. I can highly recommend Archive 150mb tape backups. I've seen them mail order for about $800, internal unit with controller card. >Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard >60 MB tapes? Yup. At least, archives do. -- -- Michael P. Deignan, President -- Small Business Systems, Inc. -- -- Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com -- Box 17220, Esmond, RI 02917 -- -- UUCP: ...uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd -- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 -- -- XENIX Archives: login: xxcp, password: xenix Index: ~/SOFTLIST --
heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com (09/17/90)
In article <3259@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: > >>Any other recommendations? I have a vaguely favorable impression of Wangtek, >>but I can't remember where it comes from. > >I can highly recommend Archive 150mb tape backups. I've seen them mail order >for about $800, internal unit with controller card. > >>Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard >>60 MB tapes? How about a SCSI tapedrive that will connect directly to my Adaptec 1542b? It doesn't seem like I should need another controller card ... -- Work: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com {decuac,necntc,uunet}!rayssd!tdw201!heiser Home(1): bill%unixland.uucp@world.std.com -or- uunet!world!unixland!bill Public Access Unix Coming Soon! Home(2): Bill.Heiser@f240.n322.z1.fidonet.org (BBS: 1-508-655-3848) Other: heiser@world.std.com (Pub. Access Unix)
doleh@math-cs.kent.edu (Yaser K. Doleh) (09/18/90)
In article <3259@anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: > mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: > > >Any other recommendations? I have a vaguely favorable impression of Wangtek, > >but I can't remember where it comes from. > > I can highly recommend Archive 150mb tape backups. I've seen them mail order > for about $800, internal unit with controller card. > > >Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard > >60 MB tapes? > > Yup. At least, archives do. I don't think they write 60MB they only read them > -- > -- Michael P. Deignan, President -- Small Business Systems, Inc. -- > -- Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com -- Box 17220, Esmond, RI 02917 -- > -- UUCP: ...uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd -- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 -- > -- XENIX Archives: login: xxcp, password: xenix Index: ~/SOFTLIST -- --------------------------------------------------- Yaser Doleh <doleh@math-cs.kent.edu> Department Of Mathematics & Computer Science Kent State University Kent - OH 44242
jhl@kira.uucp (John Lawitzke) (09/18/90)
From article <2443@sud509.ed.ray.com>, by heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com: $ In article <3259@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: $>mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: $> $>I can highly recommend Archive 150mb tape backups. I've seen them mail order $>for about $800, internal unit with controller card. $> This would be the Archive 2150L drive with a VP402 controller. $>>Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard $>>60 MB tapes? No. The 2150L will read 60MB (QIC-24) tapes. DC6150 tapes will write in QIC-150, giving 150MB storage capacity. The DC600A (the standard 60MB tape) will write in QIC-120 format, giving 120MB storage capacity. $ How about a SCSI tapedrive that will connect directly to my Adaptec 1542b? $ It doesn't seem like I should need another controller card ... Archive makes the 2150S tape drive which is a SCSI version of their 2150L tape drive. I've used this drive fine on an Adaptec 1540B under Intel's SVR4, on a Future Domain controller under Xenix and MSDOS. -- j |%|John Lawitzke, Dale Computer Corp., R&D |%|UUCP: uunet!mailrus!sharkey!dale1!jhl |%| or: uunet!frith!dale1!jhl Inquiring minds just wondering. |%|Internet: jhl@frith.egr.msu.edu
cws@janus.Quotron.com (Craig W. Shaver) (09/19/90)
In article <2443@sud509.ed.ray.com>, heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com writes: > In article <3259@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: > >mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: > > ........ > > How about a SCSI tapedrive that will connect directly to my Adaptec 1542b? > It doesn't seem like I should need another controller card ... > That's what I did. Call Dialo at Smart Ideas, (617) 536-6323, and tell him I sent you. He will help you out with the details and give you a good price also ($625.00 = archive 150S). Craig W. Shaver ================================================================ Quotron Systems Inc. | Phone: (213) 302-4247 5454 Beethoven Street | uucp: hacgate!janus!cws Post Office Box 66914 | craig@tradr2.quotron.com Los Angeles, CA 90066 | ================================================================
cws@janus.Quotron.com (Craig W. Shaver) (09/19/90)
In article <1990Sep17.175157.8193@math-cs.kent.edu>, doleh@math-cs.kent.edu (Yaser K. Doleh) writes: > In article <3259@anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. > Deignan) writes: > > mark@intek01.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: ... > > > > >Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard > > >60 MB tapes? > > > > Yup. At least, archives do. > > I don't think they write 60MB they only read them > They will write the standard dc600's at 120mb, which I believe is 15 tracks instead of 9. They will not write at the standard 9 track 60mb format though, which is a BIG shame.... Craig W. Shaver ================================================================ Quotron Systems Inc. | Phone: (213) 302-4247 5454 Beethoven Street | uucp: hacgate!janus!cws Post Office Box 66914 | craig@tradr2.quotron.com Los Angeles, CA 90066 | ================================================================
rickf@pmafire.UUCP (rick furniss) (09/19/90)
150-250 meg Archives will read but NOT write 60 meg tapes. Rick Furniss
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) (09/20/90)
cws@janus.Quotron.com (Craig W. Shaver) writes: >That's what I did. Call Dialo at Smart Ideas, (617) 536-6323, and tell him >I sent you. He will help you out with the details and give you a good price >also ($625.00 = archive 150S). One of the discount houses in PC Week is advertising the Archive 2150S for $499 (they also have Maxtor 3280 SCSI drives for $699 new / $599 used). -- 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)
src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) (09/20/90)
>>>Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard >>>60 MB tapes? you can read 60MB tapes with 150MB+ streamers, but you can't write them. >How about a SCSI tapedrive that will connect directly to my Adaptec 1542b? >It doesn't seem like I should need another controller card ... for instance tandberg, archive and wangtek offer scsi streamers. -- Heiko Blume c/o Diakite blume@scuzzy.in-berlin.de FAX (+49 30) 882 50 65 Kottbusser Damm 28 blume@scuzzy.mbx.sub.org VOICE (+49 30) 691 88 93 D-1000 Berlin 61 blume@netmbx.de TELEX 184174 intro d scuzzy Any ACU,e 19200 6919520 ogin:--ogin: nuucp ssword: nuucp