[rescue] Sun tape drive

[Jeffrey J. Nonken]

Correct, and 125M tapes are DDS-3, so don't get confused.

You can also use 60M or 90M DDS-1 tapes, but you'll only get 1.2/2.4G or
2/4G per tape, respectively. IOW the drive is backwards-compatible with
the older tapes. (Not worth getting unless you find a stash of free used
tapes or something.)

> 4/8G are 120M tapes. 
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> Michael Still (MikeS at McBurney.com)
> System Administrator
> The McBurney Corporation
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike F [mailto:lists at mikef.dyndns.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:42 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Sun tape drive
> 
> 
> I rescued a Sun DDS 2 tape drive this weekend;
> it's in a 611 case and it has 68-pin SCSI jacks
> on the back. Unfortunately, none of my machines
> has 68-pin SCSI outputs - they're all 50-pin.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction to
> find either a 68-50 pin cable or an adapter?
> Also, can anyone give me any information on this
> drive? There's very little information on the web
> about it; SunSolve has a parts breakdown, but no
> specifications or additional info for the drive.
> Specifically, I'd like to know what length DAT
> tapes it can take. SunSolve lists the drive as
> 4/8GB, so I'd guess that will determine what
> size DAT tapes it can take.
> 
> Thanks, MF
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