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From: jan@filetek.com (Jan Morales)
Subject: what is QIC-02?
Message-ID: <CDG59x.5Lo@filetek.com>
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Keywords: QIC-02
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Organization: FileTek, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 12:27:32 GMT
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I just blew my budget buying a 486 PC to run NetBSD so I can't afford
to get into SCSI yet, although I know that's the way to go eventually.
In the recent FAQ on *BSD-compatible tape drives I saw the Cypher ST-150F
which has a QIC-02 interface whose cost (including interface) is only
US$300.  Can anyone tell me (a) what is QIC-O2, (b) what this drive's
performance is like with NetBSD, and (c) is this drive worth getting?
Getting SCSI is probably a year away for me and in the meantime I have
a 350Mb NetBSD partition that I can't backup (except by floppies).  I'd
also be interested to hear if it works with DOS because I also have an
80Mb DOS partition (no flames, please :) that could stand backing up.
Thanks.

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Jan Morales                      Internet: jan@filetek.com
FileTek, Inc.                        UUCP: uunet!fltk!jan
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.