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From: hsu@santra.UUCP (Heikki Suonsivu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Streamer
Keywords: streamer unix 60 cartbridge tape Tecmar
Message-ID: <9812@santra.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 20:17:29 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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I have been searching for tape drive for PC/AT clones, which
would be 

1) Reliable, no cheap toys.
2) Minimum storage size about 60M.
3) External drive, with cheap card in machine.
4) Drivers for Microport unices, xenix can be found, producing tape
formats compatible with 'bigger' computers like suns, NCR towers and
such things.
5) Has good quality/price ratio.
6) Adapters for many computers could be interesting, like Apple Macintosh,
PS/2.

Idea is to have local computer club software libraries on tapes, and one
tape unix which could be borrowed by local bbs sysops and club
members (thats why cheap card, as it will blow up quite often anyway.
Something like traveldisk card would be optimal solution, so people
using drive often could afford to get their own cards).
Also it's quite important to be able to transfer software to/from
unix systems.

I have been looking at Tecmar drive, as I have some good experience
with it, and it has been around quite long so I guess it's quite
stable product. However, I don't know if there's drivers for xenix
and uport unix, and if there is, where to get them from, and can I
read/write tapes compatible with anything else.

Mail, please.

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