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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: BSDI Compatible Tape drives
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References: <31FF7C22.72A6@sloan.org> <Pine.BSI.3.94.960802085343.3663D-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> <1996Aug2.162256.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> <Pine.BSI.3.94.960805095119.17110D-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> <1996Aug5.150904.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> <1996Aug6.153741.12536@ans.net>
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Organization: St. Peter's College, US
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:26:22 GMT
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In article <1996Aug6.153741.12536@ans.net>, sia@sloan.org (Christopher T. Sia) writes:
> It's nice to know you're from Saint Peter's College. I practically play
> basketball on Friday nights at the gym with a group of guys. I started this
> thread and I was wondering if anyone would know if the Exabyte Eagle96 which
> is on sale this week at Compusa is compatible with the BSDI?
I've only used 4MM drives, but a friend of mine has some sort of Exabyte
on his BSDI box and it works Ok. I believe it's an 8200-style (older) unit,
but if the older ones work the newer ones "should" as well.
CompUSA stuff is 30-day returnable, right? Couldn't hurt to try it...
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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