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From: jds@cs.umd.edu (James da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives?
Keywords: SCSI tape drives IME Archive cheap
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Date: 25 Feb 91 17:36:54 GMT
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In article <5556@peyote.cactus.org> jjohnson@peyote.cactus.org (Jeff Johnson) writes:
>I have posted this before.  IME Computers was selling Archive 2150S
>150Meg SCSI 1/4" streaming cartridge tape drives for $499.  These are
>bare drives.  To make it external, you will need a small case w/ power
>supply (about $100).  My friend bought one and has had no problems.  He
>was so satisfied he recently bought two Maxtor LXT-100 3.5" 96M SCSI
>hard drives from them for $299/each.  They work great, too.

I called them last week and they were out of the Archive 150Meg SCSI tapes.
IME seems to be a surplus place; what products they carry depends on what
they have been able to get recently.

FYI.
Jaime

p.s. I'm still in search of a good deal on a 150 Meg SCSI tape drive
myself, so if anyone has some good experiences, let's hear them!
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