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From: jeremy@perf2.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon)
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Subject: Re: optical disks
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Date: 7 Feb 91 04:09:09 GMT
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In article <9102060140.AA21758@poly1.nist.gov>, rbriber@POLY1.NIST.GOV writes:
> Does anyone have any experience with any of the relatively new optical
> disks available and connecting them to the SCSI port of an Iris.  I see
> in magazines like Mac User that there are a number of reasonably priced
> units in the 600MB range.  We need a removable archive unit for convenience,
> but high speed is not critical.  More convenient than standard tape, that
> is...
> 

The Maxtor Tahiti works well with Irix 3.3 and later.  I
believe that Storage Dimensions (a subsidiary of Maxtor) is
the actual vendor.  They put it in a small box with its own
power supply and cooling fan.