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From: trw@hrc63.co.uk (Trevor Wright "Marconi Baddow")
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: streaming tape drives on Sun's
Message-ID: <502@hrc63.co.uk>
Date: 3 May 88 12:26:42 GMT
Organization: GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, England.
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Keywords: Sun, workstation,magnetic tape


Does anyone have experience of the Sun 1/2" 9-track 6250bpi tape deck
(sourced from Fujitsu) in respect of its ability to stream or not on
Sun-4/280 type units. We understand this unit is a 75ips streamer, but
has it a fall back to start-stop and at what speed.

Trevor Wright
GEC-Marconi Research Centre
Chelmsford UK

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