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Re: EXB-8500 8mm tape drive

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From: Paul Woods
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:33
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In article <1992Jul21.190637.13451@deepthought.uucp> deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu  
(Neil Greene) writes:

> I have an 8200 (2.5G) drive which is probably the same as the 8500, unless  
they  
> have changed something I am unaware of.  You do not need any special drivers,  
> just set your scsi id # (be sure to pick one which is not in use and don't use  
> 7 or 1 since that is the cpu and default id for your internal hard disk.  If  
> you have other scsi devices check your numbers).  

Actually I think I saw an article that stated " The 8200 is based on a standard  
video mechanism and the 8500 is based on a more robust data quality unit"  I  
could be wrong though



> 
> Once the scsi drive is connected you can begin using it.  
> -- 
> Neil Greene
> ARCI, Inc.
> President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
> Phone: 606.254.4060

--



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	Paul R. Woods
     University of Chicago
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