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From: cmdglv@pmvax.weeg.uiowa.edu (Mark Gleaves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: P70 tape drives
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Date: 13 Feb 91 16:05:15 GMT
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About a month ago I posted a question to this group asking for information
about tape drives that could be plugged into the external data port of 
the IBM PS/2 P70.  I want to thank Sergiu Hart (hart@husc9.harvard.edu)
for pointing me in the right direction.

Irwin Magnetic Systems Inc. (313-930-9000) makes two tape drives that
can use the external data port (with the help of an adapter cable).
They are the 745Z 40MB drive and the 785Z 80MB drive.  These are
external, self-powered units that use DC2000 size cartridges.  We
purchased a 785Z from our local Computerland for $617 and were quoted
a price of $529 for the 745Z.

To plug these drives in to the external data port you need to purchase 
an IBM adapter cable (part #23F-2716).  Computerland charged us $79
for this item.

For the 785Z you can get either DC2080 80MB cartridges or the newer
DC2120 120MB cartridges.  The current Global Computer Supplies catalog
lists preformatted 3M DC2080 cartridges at $21.19 apiece and 3M
DC2120 cartridges at $31.49 apiece.

Our tape drive arrived yesterday, and everything seems to work fine.
Setup was super simple (just plug the cables in) and we've been able to
successfully backup and restore files with no real problems.

If you have a need for tape backup on your portable model 70 but don't
want to waste that precious long slot, I'd recommend looking at the Irwin
drives.

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Mark Gleaves  cmdglv@pmvax.weeg.uiowa.edu

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