Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!usenet!mist.CS.ORST.EDU!lairdt From: lairdt@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Tom Laird) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: CMS 60/120MB tape drives Message-ID: <1991Feb13.213751.29002@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 13 Feb 91 21:37:51 GMT References: <26853@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <173@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> <175@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State Univ. Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: mist.cs.orst.edu >solution. The three headed cable DOES work. As far as guarantees, I was >given one by the dealer who sold me my first drive. Needless to say I >have never had to take him up on it. > >> As for the transfer rate, I get 2.5 meg on long backups/restores of 20 megs > >Mr. Lairds transfer rates seem surprisingly low. Considering he uses the >"faster" adapter board. I get transfer rates of 3.6 MB per minute on 80 meg >backups using Central Point Backup and compression. HMMMMM. > >Don't knock until/unless you've tried it. > >Robert F. Nee I did state that I do not use compression, so your figure of 3.6MB per minute doesn't contradict my 2.5MB speed. As for the useage of the board, since there are more generic clones now than there were even last month, every system is different. I know that when I tried the supposed cheap fix of the cable, that it wouldn't work on my 386-33 w/10mhz bus. I have never used Central Points backup program, but I have tried to use it. I found that it wouldn't correctly finish then end of a backup when running on my system, so I've only used the supplied tape backup program. I would be interested in talking with someone who has a CMS 150/250 drive, since they are supposed to be able to read 40/120 tapes. Any luck in that area?