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From: mswan@hare.udev.cdc.com (bo swanson x3819)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: Can we replace a 2.3 Exabyte with a 5?
Keywords: EP/IX, 8500
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Date: 13 May 91 17:45:45 GMT
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>We have a CDC 4680 (aka a MIPS 6280) with a 2.3 gig Exabyte tape
>drive installed. We have to increas our backup capacity and one
>of the options we're looking at is upgrading our 2.3 Exabyte with
>the newer 5 gig model (the 8500). We have found a company who will
>take the 2.3 gig drives on trade-in for the 5 gig drives for about
>$2500. That's a very attractive price for us, but we want to know
>will the upgraded drive work in the 4680? We're running EP/IX 1.2.3,
>although we have 1.3.1 on order. Has anyone tried something like
>this on a MIPS box or anything else for that matter?

Although not formally productized yet by Control Data (and therefore
not PSR'able), the 8500 has been successfully used at release level
1.3.2 (released last week).

I would expect productization to follow later this year (1.4.1 or 1.4.2),
and the announcement of formal support for this device should be in the PIB
or release notes.

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