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From: mattioli@TOOK.DEC.COM (John R. Mattioli)
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Subject: Re: Need recommendations on tape drives
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Date: 7 Dec 89 20:57:43 GMT
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In article <1127@sumax.UUCP>, hirayama@sumax.UUCP (Pat Hirayama) writes...
>I would like a recommendation on a tape drive for use with an 
>IBM PC/XT system.
> 
>Price is somewhat of a concern here.  I noticed some outfit called
>Colorado Memory Systems has tape drives on sale cheap through many
>of the mail order firms in Computer Shopper.  Any comments on this
>brand?
> 
	Look no further.  I highly recommend the CMS tape drive.  I've been
using it for about 3 months and find it to be great!  The software is well
thought out.  The hardware is well built.  The manuals are clear and easy to
read.  And I don't work for CMS.  You should understand, however, that the CMS
tape drive does plug in via the floppy controller so you can only have one
floppy drive attached unless you buy an additional card from CMS. 

	I don't have much info on other drives but a friend told me he was quite
unhappy with his archive, and another friend told me the everx was rather
expensive. 
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