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From: hpasanen@cs.hut.fi (Harri Pasanen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Questions about tape drives / Any recommondations?
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Date: 19 Mar 91 08:47:22 GMT
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I'm looking to buy an internal tape drive.  If anyone can point me to magazine
reviews, give recommondation, or provide other input as to compatibility issues
and such it will be very much appreciated.   

I'm specifically looking for units filling the following requirements:

- internal half-height 
- 150 Mb uncompressed
- compatible with Dos and Unix

I'd also like to know what kind of controllers
are used: custom or SCSI? How about media? Is there a standard?

I'm quite confused after looking through mail order add's - there seems
to be huge price differences between different manufactures.  What's
the catch?  Also the adds do not mention the controller required and 
whether it is included in the price.   


Please email directly - I will summarize if requested.

Harri Pasanen