Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!polaris.cv.nrao.edu!polaris.cv.nrao.edu!dwells From: dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: High Capacity Tapes: Exabyte or DAT? Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 00:59:25 GMT References: <29543@hydra.gatech.EDU> <9850023@hpcpbla.HP.COM> <1991May28.130950@anusf.anu.edu.au> <1991May28.223259.149101@rrz.uni-koeln.de> <1991Jun3.013930.23211@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@polaris.cv.nrao.edu (News Manager) Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: caserta@athena.mit.edu's message of 3 Jun 91 01: 39:30 GMT In article <1991Jun3.013930.23211@athena.mit.edu> caserta@athena.mit.edu (Francesco Caserta) writes: In article <1991May28.223259.149101@rrz.uni-koeln.de>, se@IKP.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) writes: |> There will soon be DAT drives with extended capacity using 50% longer |> tapes and data compression technology. Could you provide us with more info, please? Kimberley Electronics, located in New Jersey, advertises in the back pages of magazines like Digital Review and Digital News. They are currently offering Wangtek DAT drives which have firmware support for 90-meter tapes, which have 2.0_GB capacity. Their price for a SCSI DAT in a box with power supply and connectors is US$1500. Compression will soon be offered if it isn't already available. -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells@nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N