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From: cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Teac SCSI Tape Group Purchase
Keywords: teac 150M SCSI tape backup
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Date: 11 Sep 89 19:46:32 GMT
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The group purchase of Teac 150MB mechanism is proceeding - in fact, I've
just asked those people who earlier expressed an interest for checks.  We
have a quantity price of $385 for the drives.  We are stilling exploring
the issues of enclosures and software.

If you're interested in getting a Teac drive, contact me ASAP, and you may
still be able to get in on the group buy.  Don't panic if you're
interested, but think that you're going to miss the group-buy window - the
quantity one price from the distributor is only $10 more than the price
we're getting.

If you'd like to be added to the mailing list of people interested in the
Teac drive, send mail to teac-request@rascal.ics.utexas.edu.  An archive of
the discussion on the mailing list may be ftp'ed from rascal.ics.utexas.edu
via anonymous ftp from the directory ~ftp/mac/... (yes, the directory name
is "...").  The file you want is teac.archives.

>The remaining technical issues -- What have others used for a driver?  
>Do some of the existing tape system drivers work with the Teac controller? 
>Any experiences with the Teac drive working with DiskFit 1.5? 

The Teac drive does not work with DiskFit.  I understand it sort of works
with FastBack II, and definitely works with FastTape (from Nuvo Labs) and
Retrospect (from Dantz).  I am not aware of any driver that allows the
drive to appear on the desktop.

Sam