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From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.os.vms
Subject: Exabyte--SCSI or Q-bus
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Date: 8 Jan 90 14:19:15 GMT
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We are contemplating the purchase of an Exabyte 8mm tape drive for our system.
There is a choice about whether to connect it to our VMS MicroVAX II (Q-bus)
or to our DECstation 3100.  We are wondering which would be a better idea in
the long run.  Is the Exabyte running yet under VMS (we are at 5.2) on the
Q-bus?  Is it running under Ultrix on the DECstation (we are now at 3.0, but
are soon getting 3.1)?  Will the processor speed make a big difference in
the performance of tape drive?  Both machines would be reading over the 
Ethernet (via LAVC or NFS).  Is the Q-bus going to be around for a while, or
will it be squeezed out by the 'big' VAX busses and the SCSI systems?  I'll
summarize responses to the net.  THanks.

				++Eric Fielding
eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu
eric@crnlthry.bitnet