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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: info on archive 5945c tape drive wanted
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.122654.25935@panix.uucp>
Date: 25 Feb 91 12:26:54 GMT
References: <1991Feb25.132808.111@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY
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In article <1991Feb25.132808.111@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis) writes:
>I'm looking for any info on an ARCHIVE brand tape streamer (model 5945c)
>- it's got a 50way edge connector on the back, and uses QIC tapes.
> 
>Any info (capacity, interface used) would be helpful - at the moment
>it makes an interesting door-stop, but I'd like to use it if possible.


These drives use a dedicated DMA controller card (one model is the Archive
SC 200S) having the 50-pin edge conenctor. They cost about $120 or so.
The drive is capable of 5 MB/min when streaming and will store 60 MB.
They tend to be a little flaky in fast machines - the SCSI "Viper" series
has pretty much replaced these, but Archive still has stock of the
older stuff.

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