Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!imf.unit.no!hanche From: hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Apollo SCSI and tape drives Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 90 12:12:36 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 Could someone please set the record straight for me... David Krowitz writes: Basically, unless you only want to run Omniback you are forced to go to a 3rd party vendor. Gee, I was under the impression that you have to go to a 3rd party vendor under *any* circumstance! We have been waiting for our Exabyte since December, and having been told various delivery dates throughout the spring the story we are now told is that there are technical problems and they (HP) wont promise any specific delivery date at all. So could someone please tell me... DO HP-DELIVERED Exabytes FOR THE APOLLOS EXIST AT ALL?? HAS ANYBODY ACTUALLY SEEN ONE, USED ONE, AND CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY WORK?? Of course, the problem might be that we were going to use ours with a DN10000. If they work on others but not the 10000 then we might just do that. We have enough 3500s around if that's what it takes. Of course, it is very tempting to cancel the order with HP and go for a drive from a third party. We already have the controller and the Omniback software. Recommendations, anyone? - Harald Hanche-Olsen Division of Mathematical Sciences The Norwegian Institute of Technology N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY