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From: ees@antique.UUCP (Gene Sampieri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: PC6386 Tape Drives
Message-ID: <2507@antique.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 13:56:14 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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I would like to add a tape drive to several PC6386 machines.  I wouuld
really like to use the 40 meg type that use the floppy controller as in
some of the machines I am limited to board space.  Are there any other
drives besides the ATT units.  Thier price is nearly twice what it should
be.  For instance, a drive made by ARCHIVE Corp. lists for $450 and sells
for $281 from Kierluff.  This unit is supposed to be QIC-40 compatable, but
I cannot get the 6386 setup program to recognize it.  Only the software
that comes with it works.  I need the unit to work with UNIX, and unless
setup sees it, UNIX will not.

Second question;  will the 40 meg unit work with UNIX??

I have calls into the AT&T Hotline, AT&T Product Center and Archive, so
far no one has been able to answer my questions or even return my calls.

(The ATT price for the 40 is $680 and $950~ for the 60.)
(For DOS only application the Archive unit seems to be good, esp. for the 
price.)

Gene Sampieri
AT&T Bell Labs
Holmdel, N.J.
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