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Article #1796Re: Cartridge tape drives (new/old)
From: Steve Dyer
Date: Wed, 24 May 1989 01:58
Date: Wed, 24 May 1989 01:58
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In article <539@pan.UUCP> jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson) writes:
>IBM recently replaced the cartridge tape drive (old 6157-001, new 6157-002).
>The old drive had a capacity of 60Mb, the new is 150Mb. So far so good.
>However, consider the following:
>
>- It is not possible to put more than one cartridge tape drive in an RT.
> This means that the simple solution, keeping a system with one drive
> of each type installed, is not possible.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think the controller has changed,
only the external drive unit. Why not keep both next to the RT and plug
one or the other in as needed?
--
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!spdcc!dyer From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Cartridge tape drives (new/old) Message-ID: <3350@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Date: 24 May 89 01:58:05 GMT References: <539@pan.UUCP> Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA Lines: 17