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From: lynch@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Lynch)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: etherneted 1/2 tape drives
Keywords: ethernet 1/2-inch tape drive
Message-ID: <8729@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 89 14:25:26 GMT
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Organization: Theory Center, Cornell U., Ithaca NY
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I am looking for a 1/2-inch tape drive (1600 6250) that can be tied
directly to an ethernet and accessed from a Unix box.  Does anyone
have information on, or experience with, such a device?

What we need is access to 1/2-inch tape hardware after our current
system departs.  As we would like to move to a more distributed
environment, we're wondering if it makes sense to plug the tape into
to net rather than tie it to a particular CPU box.  We don't anticipate
the drive generating a lot of traffic and are attracted to the idea of
a drive that is independently up on our net.

Any and all opinions welcomed.  Pointers to vendors making such a thing
_very_ welcomed as well as alternative strategies.

Tim Lynch, Manager Chemistry Research Computing Facility
		   Cornell Univeristy