You might consider the Seagate STT8000 series in a scsi form. It stores
4gb natively on a Travan cartridge. They go for about $160.00, tapes are
preformatted (servo type) and go for $20.00 or so.
I've had hands on many of the ide models and own an external scsi version
myself.
Regards,
Jeff
In <3B55D7F383B0D31197D9009027541CBF1170DF9B_at_cmiexch1.cmi.itds.com>, on
12/12/01
at 02:30 PM, Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com> said:
>Hi everybody,
>For those of you who've read my notes on the MIPS RISComputers I'm trying
>to get going, I ask this because I may want to replace the QIC-120 drive
>that's missing from one of them with a different model.
>I'd like some opinions on tape drives. The drive would need to plug into
>a SCSI interface, and I'd like it to fit in a 5.25" half-height bay.
>That's pretty much all I'd require from it. It would be nice if the
>drive held at least as much as a QIC-120 (about 120MB, it so happens ;),
>and was inexpensive and easy to get used.
>Any suggestions? What's the going price on DDS-1 these days?
>Regards,
>Chris
>Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
>Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>/usr/bin/perl -e '
>print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '
>
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