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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!agate!news.ucsc.edu!ese.UCSC.EDU!not-for-mail From: tgs@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas Gunnar Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Tape drive recommendations? Date: 1 Apr 1997 02:24:44 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5hprlc$89c@darkstar.ucsc.edu> References: <333EAFC0.5718@cybersurf.co.uk> <5hohki$ai9@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-16colors PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38162 : > Can anyone recommend a good non-SCSI tape drive for use with FreeBSD? : : Are there any? I do believe that says it all :) I think that there are VERY few solutions to tape drives other than SCSI... Supposedly you can use the QIC-3020 Floppy Tapes, but not with their proprietary card. I have a Jumbo 250 Tape (120MB) and it works nicely under dos, but I've never used it in freebsd :) I'm looking into DAT or 8MM for tapes.. QIC is ok, but a tad slow.. Supposedly the QIC-Wide drives are supposed to go DAT speeds, but I doubt it... a 2GB QIC-Wide can be had for 180$ though.. might be worth a shot..