Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Mar 1997 11:23:52 -0500 (EST) | From | Kirk Bauer <> | Subject | Tape drive recommendations |
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I have a second computer that has no tape drive. I would like to purchase one for this computer. I think my choices are:
- SCSI - IDE - Parallel - Floppy (pry outdated)
I don't yet have a SCSI controller, so unless SCSI tape drives are *way* better than the others, I would like to avoid SCSI (or unless the tape drive comes with the controller or I can buy a cheap SCSI controller for it).
I am already using up the 4 slots for IDE drives, so that means that I probably can't have an IDE one.
I think that floppy interface is really slow and they probably don't make drives that use it anymore.
Finally, I do have a free parallel port, so that is an option.
I would like this drive to be pretty fast and hold quite a bit (i.e. over 1GB before compression). I don't care about size at all. I do care about cost of the drive and the media ;)
Thanks in advance. Please forward your replies to my email address since I am not on the Kernel mailing list...
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