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Article #20050ICD Fast Tape Backup unit For Sale
From: Jim Cochrane
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:38
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:38
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I apologize if this is the wrong newsgroup for a for sale post (and if so, I'd appreciate email as to an appropriate group for this). ICD Fast Tape Backup unit for the Atari St. Purchased in 1989 for around $800. The unit works fine and is in good condition. I haven't used it for about a year and a half or more -- since my hard drive died (my main machine is now a 80486). 30-day money back guarantee. $200. If interested, you can email me at: jcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu or call me at: 303-449-3315 Jim Cochrane In case anyone is interested, some of the specs. from the manual are listed below: typical transfer rate: 6.5 MB/min. average time for 155 Mb backup: less than 23 min. recording format: 17 track serpentine formatted capacity: 155.7 Mb per tape write verify: full read after write and ecc retries: write up to 15, read up to 16 tape speed: 90 ips (288.6 cm/sec) maximum rewind time: 80 seconds (approx.) MTBF: 10,000 POH magnetic tape: ICD CT-600XLN, TEAC CT-600N, Maxell CS-600XDN or equivalent
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!jcochran From: jcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jim Cochrane) Subject: ICD Fast Tape Backup unit For Sale Message-ID: <1992Dec23.023847.26190@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept. References: <1992Dec22.151227.5154@Cadence.COM> <1992Dec22.182650.11345@nosc.mil> Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 02:38:47 GMT Lines: 31