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- From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
- Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: Re: Need comments on tandberg 150M SCSI tape drive
- Message-ID: <72614@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 03:35:16 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- References: <1992Dec30.050844.1969@netcom.com>
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- > Someone offer me a tandberg 150M scsi tape drive in a very good
- >price. However, I have never heard of this drive before. Is this tape
- >drive compatiable to archive or wangtek? Also, any good or bad comment on
- >this drive? Thanks and happy new year!
-
- A "very good price" for this drive is probably under $200US. These
- Tandbergs are probably pulls/refurbs from IBM RS/6000's. I'm using
- one with an Amiga, and it is servicable, but by no means quick, and
- has a problem with reconnect/disconnect (I've disabled that with
- my SCSI controller).
-
- If you can live with the quirks (and I can, for my light backup
- uses), then it is usable. However, it is not the speediest of
- drives (anywhere from 2M-4M per minutes).
-
- TomK@cup.portal.com
- Tom Krotchko
-