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Article #430736250 bpi tape systems
From: John M.A. Roy
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 23:48
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 23:48
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Anybody out there have a Cipher or Qualstar tape system that they like or dislike? We are about to purchase one or the other, specifically: 1. Qualstar 1260-SYS with a PCDI-1 controller ~$5k 2. Qualstar TapeLinx 1260 with a TX-8 controller ~$5k 3. Ciper 990M with a TX-8 controller ~$8k I know the Cipher is faster and has other features, but is it worth the extra money. I'm also interested in service and reliability. There is also a piece of software, called TapeView, which I've got a demo for, it seems pretty good. Question: is it really necessary or is the usually stuff sufficient. TapeView seems to only work with TX-8 controllers. Thanks much, John M.A. Roy (714) 856-5039 ICS Dept., Univ. Calif., Irvine CA 92717 Internet: roy@ics.uci.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!uci-ics!roy From: roy@ics.uci.edu (John M.A. Roy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: 6250 bpi tape systems Keywords: hardware Message-ID: <25E9C047.16258@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 26 Feb 90 23:48:23 GMT Distribution: comp Lines: 20