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From: afong@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Krell Kraver)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Tape drive support
Summary: What 1/4" drives supported?
Keywords: Tape drives, SCSI, QIC
Message-ID: <38239@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 92 06:04:33 GMT
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Reply-To: bonner@age.com
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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Hi, I didn't see info quite like what I was looking for
in the FAQ, hopefully I didn't miss it.  I am planning to
get a tape drive RSN and I wanted to make as sure as
possible that the one I got was supported by 386bsd (hence
my avoidance of the cheaper Colorado drives).  I am
intending to get the Archive Viper 2150s drive.  I get all
these QIC standards confused, but I believe it's QIC 150
(If anyone wants to mail me and set my poor brain straight,
feel free).  Is this supported?  Has anyone actually tried it?  
If not, can anyone recommend any comparable drives?  I have a 
486 ISA system, Adaptec 1542b SCSI controller that I would like
to hook the tape drive to.

thanks, and apologies if I've got something completely confused,
Matt Bonner
bonner@age.com

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