Xref: utzoo comp.periphs:2126 misc.wanted:6226 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!noao!arizona!rsm From: rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,misc.wanted Subject: A standalone 1/4-inch SCSI tape drive? Message-ID: Date: 19 Sep 89 03:06:00 GMT Followup-To: comp.periphs Organization: University of Arizona Mathematics Department Lines: 23 I'm looking for a standalone 1/4-inch tape drive with a SCSI interface. I'm buying a Data General workstation with a 50-pin SCSI port, and I'd like to be able to plug the tape drive into it. Unfortunately standalone 1/4-inch SCSI tape drives seem pretty rare. (I'd like the tape unit to handle 60 Meg tape cartridges and use Sun-compatible QIC-24 format, by the way.) Far more common are shoebox units containing both a SCSI tape and a SCSI disk. In fact the only vendor I could find wanted over $2K for a standalone 1/4-inch tape unit. That seems pretty high, especially considering that 8mm Exabyte tape drives, handling up to 2200 Meg, can be bought for as little as $4K! Can anyone recommend a vendor of less expensive 1/4-inch SCSI tape drives? I'd go with the Exabyte, but it's beyond my means.. -- Robert S. Maier | Internet: rsm@math.arizona.edu [128.196.128.99] Dept. of Math. | UUCP: ..{allegra,cmcl2,hao!noao}!arizona!amethyst!rsm Univ. of Arizona | Bitnet: maier@arizrvax Tucson, AZ 85721 | FAX: +1 602 621 8322 U.S.A. | Voice: +1 602 621 6893 / +1 602 621 2617