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Article #720Re: 2 Gb cartridge tape drive
From: Stan Wileman
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1988 02:21
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1988 02:21
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In article <2400029@kailand>, pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM writes: > > I've recently received information about the EXABYTE EXB-8200 8mm cartridge > tape subsystem, with which one may store up to 2 Gigabytes (2,000 Megabytes) > on a single tape cartridge. Sounds very attractive for running unattended > overnight backups. > > - can anybody relate any experiance with this particular device? > - is Sequent's SCSI (ANSI X3.T9.2) capable of supporting this drive? > - do you have any info on connecting SCSI peripherals to Sequents? I'm not certain how useful this will be, but the folks at Perfect Byte tested the EXABYTE on our B8K, connecting it in place of the usual cartridge drive. The DYNIX driver for the cartridge tape worked reasonably well, although the EXABYTE supports some operations not included in the driver. We were successful in reading and writing with no significant changes whatever. -- Stan Wileman uucp: uunet!btni!unocss!cs002 Math/Comp. Sci. Dept. Inet: cs002@unocss.unl.edu U. of Nebraska at Omaha Bitnet: cs002@unoma1.bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcmi!hdr!unocss!cs002 From: cs002@unocss.UUCP (Stan Wileman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Subject: Re: 2 Gb cartridge tape drive Summary: It works on B8K Message-ID: <547@unocss.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 88 02:21:01 GMT References: <2400029@kailand> Organization: U. of Nebraska at Omaha Lines: 22