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From: wrm@pnet02.cts.com (William Mattil)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Tape drive
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Date: 5 Feb 88 16:00:12 GMT
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wrp@biochsn.acc.virginia.edu (William R. Pearson) writes:
>I would appreciate a quick summary of tape backup solutions that
>work with Xenix (286 or 386).  Although I see discount 60 Mbyte
>tape drives for sale for around $750, it is not clear that they
>will work with Xenix tape drivers.  And if they do, will they
>also interchange with a Sun3/50 tape drive?  The only tape drive
>that is guaranteed to do this that I know of comes from Bell
>Technologies for around $1500.
>
>Bill Pearson
>wrp@virginia

 While it is unclear what type of hardware you want to use the tape drive
with, I'll assume its Intel based, '286 | '386. I use an Archive FT-60
external tape drive under Xenix '286 release 2.2 and it functions very well
with the supplied driver from SCO. In the past 2 years, I have had no trouble
with this drive ( or drivers ) except for cleaning the mechanism perodically.
The mail order prices on this system are reasonable as well. I hope this
helps.

disclaimer: I am not associated with Archive in any capacity, just a satisfied
customer.

Regards
Bill

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