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From: rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Using DC6250's in an archive 2150S/E
Keywords: archive tape backup scsi qic02
Message-ID: <657@wa4mei.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 90 16:06:16 GMT
References: <3689@wb3ffv.ampr.org>
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA
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In <3689@wb3ffv.ampr.org> howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org ( WB3FFV) writes:


>   Hello,

>I was wondering if anybody has tried to use the 3M DC6250 cartridges in
>the Archive 2150S or the 2150E tape backups.  I know that you are suppose
>to be able to get 250 megabytes backed up on the 6250 tapes, and wanted to 
>know what good or bad experiences anyone else has had with the above 
>drive/tape combinations.  I assume the 6250 should work fine in the 2150E, 
>but I am not sure if there are any strange quirks in the SCSI based version.

I have been using the DC6250 tapes on a standard 60 m drive at home to get
approximatly 100 MB per tape storage.  This is not bad for a tape that only
costs $5 more per tape than the 60Mb tapes.

We use the 6250's at work in both the 120MB drives on ATT systems and 150MB
drives on other systems and havn't had any problems.

The 6250 tape has a 1000' of tape in the cartridge where the  600's have 600'.




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