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From: bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Tape back on SCO - suggestions??
Summary: ARCHIVE is the best performer for the Money...
Keywords: sco, tecmar
Message-ID: <85@mdi386.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 89 14:26:20 GMT
References: <3789@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <3832@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
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Organization: Wells Computer Systems Corp., Levittown, Pa. 19058
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In article <3832@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>, bill@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (William Tsai) writes:
> At work we are deciding on what type/brand of tape backup should be
> get.  We have a Compaq 386/25 with 300 Meg HD running SCO 2.3.1.
> Any input in any price range would be greatly approciated.
> 
> bill@vax1.udel.edu
> University of Delaware CIS		ARPA:  bill@vax1.acs.udel.EDU
>      (302) 738-1716	" The computer doesn't hate everybody - just you... "

The best bargin for the money seems to be the ARCHIVE FASTPE for 60MB of
storage for about $600, either Internal or External.  Check your distributor
for Prices, but I buy ours from TECH DATA.  They also have a newer system
called VIPER that is either 60MB or 150MB for less than $1750 for internal
or external.  These drives are reliable, and use the internal drivers of
SCO for either standard transportable tapes, or ECC format tapes.  I have
moved tapes from these to ATT3B, IBM-RT, and several other machines.
There are other fancier, more expensive tape drives, but not necessarily 
any better.
bruce
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