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From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Tape back on SCO - suggestions??
Keywords: sco, tecmar
Message-ID: <24A22AC7.14780@ateng.com>
Date: 23 Jun 89 12:19:19 GMT
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According to bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre):
>The best bargin for the money seems to be the ARCHIVE FASTPE for 60MB of
>storage for about $600, either Internal or External.

Our experience has been nothing but trouble when an Archive tape is used in
a fast I/O bus.  Tecmar tapes, on the other hand, work like a champ.

Note that fast CPU's don't necessarily have fast I/O buses.  Check your
hardware documentation.  Any faster than 6MHz -- maybe 8MHz, maybe -- and
I would avoid Archive.
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