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From: sukes@eng.umd.edu (Tasuki Hirata)
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Subject: Re: What's the most common SCSI Tape format?
Keywords: SCSI tape format interchange Archive 2150S
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Date: 27 Mar 91 04:51:18 GMT
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In article <21411@shlump.nac.dec.com> norcott@databs.enet.dec.com (Bill Norcott) writes:
>In article <1991Mar23.001346.18373@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umsmigie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Smigiel) writes...
>> 
>If you want to exchange tapes with Sun or other workstations, get the Archive
>2150S this is a 150 MB unit (I believe it can also write 250MB with extended
>length tapes, can anyone confirm this?).

yes it can.

>In any case, the 150MB is pretty
>much the data interchange "standard" for SCSI, and the 2150S also handles the
>lower capacity formats.

it can only read the lower densities and not write them reliably.
it will read/write qic-120 and qic-150 but only read qic-24.
(this is what i remember reading from the spec sheet....)

>I believe the Archive 2150S is the actual drive used
>in Suns.

archive viper 2150s with custom firmware.

>
>Bill Norcott

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