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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!news.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!nntp.alaska.net!usenet From: marshalk@alaska.net (Marshal Kendziorek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: good vs cheap 8mm tape drives Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:25:07 GMT Organization: Internet Alaska Inc. Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4tb9jj$4f5@byatt.alaska.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jdc-p1-55.alaska.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 So, what is the thinking out there on a good SCSI 8mm tape drive. I have been reading mixed things about the exabyte 8200. Whats good, whats cheap and what good and cheap? How do they work in the FreeBSD environment with good 'ole tar? Any problems reading tar's from other systems such as sun or hp? ...marshal