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From: louis@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Louis Schmittroth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Cartridge Tape Units
Keywords: jumbo colorado archive
Message-ID: <686@aurora.AthabascaU.CA>
Date: 26 Jul 89 02:05:50 GMT
Organization: Athabasca U, Alberta, Canada
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I have installed Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo cartridge tape units
on two diferent 386 machines running Xenix 2.3.  A Xenix driver comes
with the units.  On my machine here at home, the unit now tears up
tapes, and I am shipping it back.  On the other machine at a 
customer site, the unit very often just stops during a tar and
hangs the computer!.  Also the only time I really had to do a 
restore from a tape, the tape was unreadable.  

So, I am looking for replacements, and willing to spend some more
money.  What is the concensus on cartridge tape units.  In each
case I can live with a 40MB unit, and if it takes 20 minutes to
write a tape that is OK too.  

I might consider the Archive QIC 60 model ST600 Fastape which
comes with a controller for my AT bus, but I don't know if that
includes the Xenix driver, or if Xenix already has a driver.
Another one that I could afford is the Archive QIC XL 40MB model
5540 for the AT.  I would appreciate any comments on these or
other possibilities.

Please post or e-mail me. 

Louis Schmittroth