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From: dwf%lambda@lanl.gov (Dave Forslund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: 8mm 2.3 GB Video Backup Device Query
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Date: 1 Dec 88 16:01:52 GMT
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Sun-Spots-Request@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre):
> We're evaluating a few Exabyte-style tape drives....
> My question:  anybody know under why I should pay over $1,000 more for a
> custom driver?

Why buy a device driver?  We just hung our exabyte drive on a Sun3 SCSI
port (Sun si driver OS4.0) and it works just like a 1/4" tape and dumps at
the rate of 800Mbytes/hour.

Dave Forslund
Los Alamos National Laboratory