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From: stevens@hsi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.periphs
Subject: 6250 tape drive experience ??
Message-ID: <177@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 15:21:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 15 15:21:40 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 04:38:59 EST
Organization: Health Systems Intl.  New Haven,CT
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We're looking for a modestly priced ($10K - $20K) 6250 bpi tape system.
Talking to Emulex they have the Cipher M990/M991 CacheTape which streams
at 125 ips with a 128 Kbyte cache for around $13K.  They also have the
Kennedy 9400 which is a standard Kennedy start/stop at 45 ips for
6250 or 75 ips at 800/1600 for around $17K.  Both will interface through
the Emulex TC7000 Massbus controller to our 11/785 under 4.2 BSD.
(The prices above include the TC7000.)

My questions are: has anyone had any experience with either of these ??
Any other recommendations ??  Do you really think that the Cipher
with 128 Kbytes of cache will ever stream on a 785 ??  (We don't want to
make any kernel changes to have the drive stream.)  Thanks.

	Richard Stevens
	Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
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