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DAT Tape Special

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#149992From: daniel wolfJun 1, 1994 2:53 AM
Super Special 2gig DAT June '94 special – just the thing for backing up the new crop of large hard drives. DAT tape is fast, cheap, and convenient. For more info on the MegageM June DAT special, leave EMail reply.
#150040From: Luke H MontgomeryJun 1, 1994 12:12 PM
>YOU SAID: >Super Special 2gig DAT June '94 special – just the thing for backing up the >new crop of large hard drives. DAT tape is fast, cheap, and convenient. For >more info on the MegageM June DAT special, leave EMail reply. Errmmm… OK, I'll bite… email me pricing info on that and other DAT drives (something I can move back & forth from my Toaster to my Pee Cee)… -Luke
#150188From: daniel wolfJun 2, 1994 5:13 AM
MegageM has a special on 2Gig DAT drives for June for $649. Thanks for your inquiry. I'll EMail you info on how to order, shipping costs, etc. It is a WangDAT 6200. A real workhorse we've had experience with for 2 years. Extremely reliable. I personally use one with AmiBack2.0 for backup of large HD's and it works great. Interestingly, Creative's July AmigaWorld ad has AmiBack2.0 for $14.95!
#150304From: Robert SandersJun 2, 1994 7:34 PM
Luke, Alternatively, if you are interested in saving a few $, Silicon Warehouse Harddrives is selling the WangDAT 6200HS for $549 and Corporate Systems Center is selling refurbed Wangtek 6130FS drives for $449 and refurbed Wangtek 6130HS drives for $495. Both the 6130 drives are 4mm DAT.
#150762From: SyndesisJun 4, 1994 11:58 AM
What's the difference between these DATs?
#151359From: daniel wolfJun 7, 1994 3:38 AM
6200HS is latest model 2Gig. 6130FS is older model 1.3Gig, 6130HS is later model 1.3Gig. 1.3Gig drives do not support the use of the 90 meter 2Gig tapes. If you want the 2Gig storage, get the 6200HS.
#151816From: Robert SandersJun 10, 1994 9:20 AM
> What's the difference between these DATs? > > As far as I know, the 6130s are an older and slower model originally designed when 4mm DAT tape was only 60m long and would hold only 1.3 GB. According to the people at CSC, they are factory refurbs. Bob Sanders[Rabbit]
#152212From: Lee BoschJun 13, 1994 11:27 AM
The 6130's have a slightly different mechanism that the 6200, but in all levels of performance and capacity, they are the same. Lee Bosch