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From: bukys@rochester.UUCP (Liudvikas Bukys)
Newsgroups: net.periphs
Subject: 6250-bpi tape drives
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 14:15:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 14:15:55 1985
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We are looking for a 6250-bpi tape drive to attach to a VAX.

The candidates seem to be the Cipher M990 and the Kennedy 9400.  I
would appreciate hearing about other people's experiences with these
drives.  I have heard rumors about (1) difficulties with the automatic
threading of some tapes, (2) problems writing past logical EOT.

I have also seen the report about the TC7000 not flushing its buffer
right on certain block sizes.

I would approciate confirmation or elucidation on these problems or any
others.  I would also like to hear comments on reliability, and
anything else you can think of.

Thanks!
Liudvikas Bukys
bukys@rochester.arpa
rochester!bukys (via allegra, decvax, seismo)