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From: gary@mic.UUCP (Gary Lewin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: What tape drive should I buy?
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Date: 19 Jul 90 06:07:03 GMT
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In article <1990Jul17.221141.5971@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:

>I would like to buy a 1/4" tape drive that reads and writes 120 or 150 MB
>tapes and really works on my Intel 302 running ISC Unix.

I have had very good experience with the Wangtek 150 meg tape units.  If
possible, go with the SCSI version.  Both versions will work equally well
with 150 or the newer 250 (Scotch No. DC 6250) meg tapes.

Gary Lewin
gary@mic.lonestar.org