Thanks for the tip but looking at the companies web sites I don't see TR-4
drives by Tecmar or Tandberg.
NS-8 isn't low cost for a home user!
In light of this maybe I should look at the Seagate.
Suggestions?
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Tim Jones wrote:
> Todd Chapman wrote:
> >
> > Thanks fot the info! I took back my unopened DittoMax yesterday.
> >
> > Can you recommend and drive specifically? Do you know what the status of
> > the Sony SuperStation is?
>
> My strong recommendation for low $$, reliable drives is the TR-4 or NS-8
> ATAPI drives from fine folks like Tecmar, Seagate and Tandberg. The key
> here is that current customers have called to tell us that Seagate
> literally tells them that they do not support Linux. My response: DON'T
> BUY SEAGATE DRIVES.
>
> We (EST) work directly with the engineering team at Tecmar and they are
> VERY supportive of Linux. So, save some $$, get a reliable and fast
> drive, AND support a vendor that supports Linux: BUY TECMAR!
>
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