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From: cg-atla!weber@decvax.UUCP (Jeff Weber)
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Subject: Re: 150Mbyte 1/4" tape drives?
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Date: 19 Jun 89 19:23:49 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 38, message 1 of 24

In article <3747@kalliope.rice.edu> David.Maynard@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu (David Maynard) writes:
>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 21, message 4 of 5
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>Does anyone know what drive and controller are used in the new 150 Mbyte
>1/4" tape drive option?  Does the new option still use the Emulex MT-02
....stuff deleted

New 150MB tape drive is an Archive Viper.  It is "embedded SCSI" which
means that the SCSI connects directly to the drive and it doesn't use a
separate controller (ala MT-02).  It is about 30% faster in SCSI bus
transfer rates and will actually stream with the faster 327MB disks (but
doesn't w/SMD for some reason).

The Viper will READ QIC-11,24,120&150.  It will WRITE QIC-120 and 150
depending on the media that you put in it.  The old media for the 60MB
drive will not work.  You can read in all of your old tapes but cannot
write a tape that your old 60M'er can read.

It seems that software 4.0.1 and later supports this thing.


						Jeff Weber