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From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
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Subject: ALTERNATE TAPE DRIVE SOURCE FOR SPARC IPC?
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Date: 24 Apr 91 15:08:07 GMT
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The subject says it all.  We're buying several Sparc IPC's and
outfitting one of them as a server.  I've chosen to mostly ignore
Sun's server package (except the CD pack), because I think that
I would rather get a 1.2Gb drive from Fast Access for $2198 than
have to pay Sun $3075 (after discount) for a 669Mb drive.  I'd like
to do the same with the tape drive, since Sun wants $4425 for a
8mm 2.3Gb tape drive.  (Who makes these drives?)  Are there any 
good sources for tape drives that work with Sparcs?  I really don't
need a full 2.3Gb anyway; I'd be happy with 1Gb, or even 500Mb.
I've been making due with the 60Mb cartridges for my 3/160 for so
long that I can't imagine anything bigger...

Thanks,
Roger
-- 
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
 than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsgar W. Dijkstra 
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