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From: peter@astol.astro.lu.se (Peter Linde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: 8 mm EXABYTE on HP 835?
Message-ID: <1991May29.144907.16134@astol.astro.lu.se>
Date: 29 May 91 14:49:07 GMT
Reply-To: peter@astol.UUCP (Peter Linde)
Organization: Lund Observatory, Sweden
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We are  interested  in connecting an EXABYTE drive to our HP 835 system.
One reason for choosing EXABYTE is for  transporting  data to institutes
that already have such devices.  We are aware of some companies that can
provide HP-IB  interfaces  for such drives, but it seems both costly and
inefficient.  Now SCSI is becoming  available for the 835 (following the
HP-UX 8.0 release),  consequently EXABYTEs should be possible to connect
directly, providing a suitable driver can be found.  Also, SCSI has been
around on 300s for a long time, are there any EXABYTES connected to such
machines?  Or  do  we  all  have  to  switch  to 4 mm  DAT  drives?  Any
illuminating information is welcome.

Peter Linde


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