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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Need advice on a tape drive
Message-ID: <464@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 89 15:29:15 GMT
References: <3700025@eecs.nwu.edu>
Reply-To: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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In article <3700025@eecs.nwu.edu> skrenta@eecs.nwu.edu (Richard Skrenta) writes:
>I need to add some form of tape backup to my Xenix system.  I need an
>external model since all of the space inside my clone is full.  I assume this
>means that the drive will need its own controller, and won't be able to sap
>off of the B: drive cable.
>


I suppose I should save this so I don't have to retype it.


The first thing you want to do is to RTFM.  The release notes mention
specifically what tape drives are directly supported by Xenix.

After that, you want to go out and pick one up.  I recommend the Everex
60 meg cartridge drive.  We use it here and for our customers.  It works
well, and the tapes are readable by any other system that uses QIC-24
format to read/write the tape.  However, there are a lot of other tape
drives that work just as well.


JB

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