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From: james@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jim Lowe)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: 9 track, fast tape drives
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Date: 30 Mar 88 05:53:20 GMT
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I am looking for a 9 track tape drive and I am having trouble finding
one.  What I want is a drive that can run at 125 ips start/stop or faster,
1600/6250bpi, and an adjustable interface transfer rate with a Pertec
interface.  It would also be nice if the drive had a lot of on board
memory (like 1 Meg).

I currently have a streaming tape drive (Cipher M990) and I am
having trouble keeping it in streaming mode.  It goes into
washing machine mode when I do dumps. I have been tempted to toss
a load of cloths in it so I can get my wash done and do backups at
the same time :-).  The problem isn't really the drive, it is the
controller but that is another story.

If you have any recommendations for a good start/stop tape drive
please drop me a note at the address below.  If there is interest
I will post a summary.

Thanks,

	- Jim 

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