From: ringgold@netcom.com (Thomas Essex) Subject: Re: Summary of: What tape drives work with Linux Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:22:30 GMT
der@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Dave Ritchie) writes:
: In <BvAo5K.17zH@afsserv.boulder.ibm.com> carl@boxelder.Berkeley.EDU (Carl vonLoewenfeldt) writes:
:
:>It is my understanding that Colorado Memory Systems and Irwin backup
:>tape drives
:>attach, not via SCSI, but via the IDE connection already in use for the floppy
:>disk drives. They interpose themselves as a two-sided connection between tape
:>drive and cable, effectively daisy-chaining.
:
: Ouch.... floppy drives are not IDE interface -- they are the 34 pin
:Shugart connection that all 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" drives use. As I recall,
:the IDE interface is 40 pins....
Actually, they are now starting to come out with tape drives that run off of
the IDE interface. They are supposed to be a lot faster. Although they are also
more expensive!!!