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- From: hogue@hsi.com (Jim Hogue)
- Subject: Re: Will Dell load off a Wangdat DAT?
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:32:32 GMT
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- In article <BzoFqD.G50@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
- >
- >I can't answer why, but I did speak with a Dell representative a few
- >months back about the DAT distribution and specifically asked which
- >of their drives would be required to load it. They said that it
- >needed the higher capacity drive, so I assume that it is in the
- >compressed format. It seems to be really difficult to get information
- >about the unix products from Dell. I recently sent some email to
- >support@dell.com requesting some prices and got a quick notification
- >that it was being refered to sales, but no follow-up. Has anyone
- >had better luck?
-
- As I understand it you can speak to the Unix support people at Dell
- about what they do and don't support, but they can't give you prices.
- Unfortunately if you don't get exact part numbers from them you don't
- get the correct quote when you get back to the sales people. They also
- like to tell you that the top of the line stuff works fine and when you
- ask about cheaper stuff they hedge. For the Dell Unix people call 800
- 727-8649 (727-unix :-).
-
- This brings up a question. I am looking at purchasing Dells SV.4
- (based on Eric Raymonds buyers guide). I need to add a tape drive (I
- need one anyways for backup!) and I am going to add some more disk. I
- was planning on going the SCSI route. Does anyone have a good list of
- the SCSI tape drives that will read the Dell distribution? The Unix
- support people at Dell suggested the Wangtec 325/525 QIC drive. They
- also sell the cheaper Colorado Jumbo 250, but aren't sure it works
- under unix. What have others used successfully?
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