Tape drives (which one to look for?)

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Wed Dec 12 21:03:48 2001

Some DDS-1 drives can do straight 2gb, others ahve hardware compression to
4. I had 2 WangDAT 3100's that only did 2, swapped them out for 2 3200's
that can do either 2 or 4. Nice drives, about $10-24 each dependant on
condition or seller and tapes are relatively cheap, even new ones. I prefer
the HP branded tapes myself, plenty of luck with them so far.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc
-> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:41 PM
-> To: Classiccmp (E-mail)
-> Subject: Re: Tape drives (which one to look for?)
->
->
-> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Christopher Smith wrote:
->
-> > Any suggestions? What's the going price on DDS-1 these days?
->
-> I have 2 DDS-1 drives I paid $10 apiece for, as yet untested. If
-> DDS turns out to be your ticket, and either of these work, I'll pass
-> one along for the same $10.
-> Now I got a reason to see if they work. ;^)
->
-> See ya later,
-> Doc
->
->
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