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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucsc.edu!ese.UCSC.EDU!not-for-mail From: tgs@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas Gunnar Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Tape drive recommendations? Date: 31 Mar 1997 09:39:44 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 10 Message-ID: <5ho0p0$qsh@darkstar.ucsc.edu> References: <333EAFC0.5718@cybersurf.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-16colors PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38134 : Can anyone recommend a good non-SCSI tape drive for use with FreeBSD? you're in a tough spot.. most tape drives that are non SCSI suck.. you can get a cheap NCR SCSI card, and a 250MB SCSI tape for like 100$ total.. its an easy solution.. I thought I could avoid SCSI for that kind of thing, but SCSI is really the only way.. QIC-Wide has been put in some nice SCSI tape drives.. 2GB for 179 or something.. www.corpsys.com is a place for good SCSI deals..