[1177] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Mammoth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James W. Laferriere)
Thu Dec 26 02:59:35 1996
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:45:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "James W. Laferriere" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
cc: Chai Harjo <c.harjo@student.anu.edu.au>,
submit-linux-dev-scsi@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961226021546.174g-100000@inorganic5.fdt.net>
On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Chai Harjo wrote:
> > It is a 8mm tape drive, can save upto 20 GB (uncompressed),
> > and 40 GB (compressed). It can backup 20GB/second!!!
> Wow. Fills a tape in 1s...that would really speed up my backups. Since
> it's not quite April 1, this must either be a typo or BS. Size sounds
> very much like DLT, which isn't exactly a new thing.
Except that all the DLT's I know of are 1/2" not 8mm.
But what the heck if it can be done with 1/2 whats to
stop someone resizing the head(s) for 8mm ?
JimL
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