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From: billf@progress.COM (Bill Ferro)
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Subject: Re: Tape drives on parallel printer ports??? (shareable tapes drives?)
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Date: 4 Jan 91 20:17:00 GMT
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wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (William J. Bogstad) writes:


>	The subject is the question.  Are there any tape drives available in
>the PC marketplace which can run off of your parallel printer port?

There is a startup company called Valitek located in Hadley, MA.  Phone is
(413) 586-7408.  Their drive runs off of serial or parallel port.  Not sure of
the price.  Also not sure if they sell direct or if you have to go through
distribution.  Valitek has been advertising for some time in the back pages
of PC-WEEK and I believe PC-MAG.  I haven't actually used the drive so I 
have no other opinions.....

-bf

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