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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!actcsiro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!wabbit.its.uow.edu.au!news.ci.com.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!csnews!coopnews.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: 2 questions about bsd Date: 23 Apr 1996 14:34:30 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4lippm$6bv@hops.entertain.com> References: <4lh1ej$pac@alpha.comsource.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.45.153.241 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <4lh1ej$pac@alpha.comsource.net>, jrjones@alpha.comsource.net (Jim Jones) says: > >hello, > >I am looking for a good 4mm dat tape to put on a bsdi box and I am >looking for some suggestions. I would like one that does some compression >so that I can get 8mb if possible on 120m tapes. > >My second question, could some one point me to a FAQ that explains the >difference between bsd, bsdi, and netbsd etc. > >jim jones >jrjones@comsource.net > > I have always used the Exabyte 4200 - this is an internal 4mm DAT drive. I am not sure that it can handle 120 tapes or not; I haven't tried. However, I have to warn you that the Exabyte people I talked to a few months ago said that 4mm was going away, because they found it to be less reliable than 8mm.