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From: cetron@CS.UTAH.EDU (Edward J Cetron)
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Subject: Re: Pertec tape drives, ALL-IN-1 worries
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Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:16:08 EDT
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	I recommend the 6250/1600 cipher M990 (?) which runs like a charm.
The university has a few, and even more of the precursor M890's, one of
which I have and after the intial shakedown period, it has run flawlessly.
It is the same base unit mechanical drive as is/was used in the tsv05 with
much better electronics.

	As for all-in-1, with decent set-up (user ws quotas/extents...) and
some system tuning, I have seen it run just fine.  I regularly log into a
780 with 15-25 all-in-1 users with fairly acceptable performance...It is very
tough on the terminal muxes since it always repaints the screen.

-ed
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