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Article #879Re: Seagate 3200 Tape Drive: Buyer BEWARE!!!!
From: Patrick Dunford
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00
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On 6 Nov 1997 12:20:18 GMT, snakeman@turtle.edeneast.com (RHS Linux User) wrote: >Be very careful in an attempt to purchase a SEAGATE 3200 3.2 Gig capacity >tape drive. First of all the 'true' capacity is 1.6 gig uncompressed. And >the drive is essentially useless without a high speed controller card. This is true of all capacities of backup drives but often in practice you can get even more compression than 2x. As was my experince with a Ditto 800MB drive. --- Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ Email Name:pdunford Email Domain:xtra.co.nz
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