Re: tlug: DAT tape drive

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Marcus Metzler wrote:

>  > >May I suggest, unless you have to have DAT format, a Seagate CTT8000
>  > >internal or its external equivalent, or the other compatible brands
>  > >(H-P, ?).  Uses DT-4200 / QIC-3095 tapes, 2 GB (4 GB compressed) ($30)
>  > 
>  > 
>  > I'll second this recommendation.  I'm using the 4 GB SCSI internal version
>  > of that drive (at the time, it was a Conner CMS 3200, but Seagate only
>  > changed the name) for over 2 years with absolutely no problems.  It uses QIC
>  > 3080 cartridges, which are a bit hard to find in Japan, but T-Zone sells
>  > them, as well as selling the current 8 GB flavor of the drive.  As Felix
>  > mentions, unless you must have DAT, this is a fast, reliable, and cheaper
>  > alternative.
> DAT would be better for me. What is cheaper the drive or the tapes. My brother
> tells me that the 2GB tapes for DAT are about 7DM=500yen, which would be
> much cheaper than 30$.
> 

In the USA we were getting 4GB 120meter DAT tapes for about $6 or $7,
maybe less... anyway, any DAT drive can use either the 2GB 90m tapes or
the 4GB 120m tapes (at least, all the ones I've seen...), so you can use
either/or.

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