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From: watpod77@superior.ccs.carleton.ca (Andrew Cornwall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.announce,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: 386BSD-compatible tape drives
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Date: 19 Mar 1993 16:30:19 -0800
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Summary: Tape drives compatible with 386bsd
Keywords: tape, compatibility
Status: O
Compatible Tape Drive List
These tape drives have been reported as working on 386BSD, either in
articles on USENET or in response to previous postings. If you know
any more details, want to point out errors, know another tape drive
works, or anything else like that, please send your reports to:
watpod77@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (Andrew Cornwall) or
rsk@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Bob Kemp)
PLEASE HELP TO UPDATE THIS LIST BY PROVIDING COMMENTS AND NEW
INFO. IN RETURN, WE WILL POST UPDATES AND TRY TO MAKE THE LIST
AVAILABLE TO ANYONE INTERESTED.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:
This list is not guaranteed to be 100% correct.
We don't know much about tape drives as yet, so
we are only collating information provided by others.
By getting feedback on this list, we hope to improve
it into an FAQ.
Format of each entry is as follows:
Name: {name of the device; if you're reporting, please be as
specific as possible}
Capacity: {Maximum size of the device}
Approx Cost: {Roughly what you paid}
Interface: {How it talks to the machine - SCSI, PC bus, etc}
Controllers: {What controller you're using - Adaptec 1542B, etc}
Informant: {Who says it works}
Comments: {Anything good or bad you feel like saying}
Name: Archive 2150
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface: SCSI
Controllers:
Informant: ejh@slustl.slu.edu (Eric J. Haug)
Comments: works well with both the driver in the distribution
kernel and julians' SCSI drivers. Archive may have
been purchased by Maynard
Name: Tandberg 3600 series
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface:
Controllers:
Informant: fredriks@austin.ibm.com (Lars Fredriksen)
Comments: IN DEVELOPMENT as far as I know. Not working yet?
Name: Tandberg 3660
Capacity: 250 M
Approx cost:
Interface:
Controllers:
Informant: Per Anders Olausson <pao@cd.chalmers.se>
meidinge@ps2zenger1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de(Thomas Meidinger)
Comments: DC6250, DC6150 (not tested) and DC600A [by pao]
Name: WangDAT 3200
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface: SCSI
Controllers:
Informant: conklin@talisman.kaleida.com (J.T. Conklin)
Comments:
Name: Wangtek 5099EN
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface:
Controllers:
Informant: 386bsd.FAQ
Comments:
Name: Wangtek 5150EQ
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface:
Controllers:
Informant: 386bsd.FAQ
Comments:
Name: Wangtek 5150ES
Capacity:
Approx cost:
Interface: SCSI
Controllers: Adaptec 1542B
Informant: berry@max.IN-Berlin.DE (Stefan Behrens)
Comments: It streams constantly and works without any errors.
The tape drive is the only device on the SCSI bus.
Name: Wangtek 5525ES
Capacity:
Approx cost: US$600
Interface: Adaptec 1542B, Adaptec 1742
Controllers: SCSI
Informant: bky@eco.twg.com (Brian Yasaki)
Comments: The tape drives work great.
END OF COMPATIBLE TAPE DRIVE LIST
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Andrew Cornwall
watpod77@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca