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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: 150 - 250 MB Tape Drives?
Keywords: Everex Wangtek
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.115837.13149@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 20 Sep 90 11:58:37 GMT
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>>>Also, I presume these 150 and 250 MB drives will also read/write standard
>>>60 MB tapes?  

you can read 60MB tapes with 150MB+ streamers, but you can't write them.

>How about a SCSI tapedrive that will connect directly to my Adaptec 1542b?
>It doesn't seem like I should need another controller card ...

for instance tandberg, archive and wangtek offer scsi streamers.

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