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Re: Large Tape Drive Recommendations?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kirk Robinson)
Mon Mar 31 12:10:26 1997
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:59:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Kirk Robinson <kirk@peri.com>
To: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970328010831.29749T-100000@ws.realbig.com>
Not true, HP C1599A is the new replacement for 1533 from Hewlett Packard,
also Tecmar 3400DX (formerly Wangdat/Rexon) both tape compatible w 1533.
Kirk Robinson Periphonics Corp.
Sr Project Analyst 4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Email: kirk@peri.com Bohemia, N.Y. 11716
Voice: (516) 468-2568 Fax: (516) 471-8322
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Andy Poling wrote:
> I've been using an HP 1533 DDS-2 SCSI DAT for a couple of years to back up
> my system. Now it's gone and died and suddenly a good DAT drive is hard to
> find. Ugh.
>
> What's a good reliable SCSI (narrow) tape drive with alot of capacity (I
> need to back up over 2GB)? I don't think I can afford DLT...
>
> Thanx.
>
> -Andy
>
> PS - What happened to the DAT drive market? HP's DATs have suddenly
> disappeared, and the Sony's and Conner's that a client bought just didn't
> work well at all.
>
> Global Auctions
>
