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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uknet!daphne.ecmwf.int!pelleas!mog From: M.Saunby@ecmwf.int (Michael Saunby) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Which floppy based QIC-80 tape to buy? Date: 24 Aug 1995 08:22:14 GMT Organization: European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Lines: 11 Sender: mog@pelleas (Michael Saunby) Distribution: world Message-ID: <41hcrm$72n@daphne.ecmwf.int> References: <41fg64$sqd@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pelleas.ecmwf.int I'm using a rather old Jumbo drive (don't remember the model, it is marked 250Mb, but really gives 120Mb without compression). It does work but to be honest I don't trust it. A couple of (3M) tapes have formatted ok, been written to once, then fail on read. Then they will not even reformat. As for the ft filter, it works, but when I have time I'd like to take a look at the source because if I use dump and the ft filter, hit ^C, dump exits ok but ft just hangs around forever, nothing can kill it. Also I get timeout error messages for the floppy drive, which may, or may not be a problem. Can anyone recommend a good (but cheap) SCSI tape drive?