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From: jpd@pc.usl.edu (Dugal James P.)
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Subject: Re: Tape Drive Suggestion?
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Date: 9 Jul 90 21:57:17 GMT
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In article <1861@engage.enet.dec.com> stephen@hantsq.enet.dec.com (Stephen Wong) writes:
>I am considering to buy a tape drive for my PC.  The budget should be within
>US$400.  The tape should be usable both in MS-DOS and SCO Unix environment.  I
>found Colorado tape drive to be my choice.  But there is one drawback, it will
>occupy a floppy connector, ie. I cannot have 5.25", 3.5" and tape drive at
>once.  However, there is an additional card to allow user to connect two floppy

You're in luck, Stephen!  The newer models of Jumbo with rev 40 firmware
can operate WITHOUT A SEPERATE CONTROLLER even if you have a B drive.
I am using one in my home system with A and B drives.  It essentially
operates in "parallel" with the B drive, but not concurrently, of course.
The manual I got indicated that rev 39 would work also, but I can't say
from experience.

Do scour the ads in Computer Shopper to find the best price!

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