Just saw this on the MacInTouch Ecrix Reader Report page
<http://www.macintouch.com/ecrix.html>
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:36:21 -0400
>From: Matt Warren
>Subject: More Ecrix notes
>
>Hello Ric,
>
>I have had similar experience with the VXA-1 drive. I run it with
>Retrospect on a G3 that also runs AppleShare IP and backs up 5 networked
>Macs.
>
>We initially had capacity problems with the drive. The native capacity for
>their big tapes is 33 GB and we were getting around 20 GB. An email to
>Ecrix solved the problem. The drive can be run in two modes, speed
>optimized and capacity optimized. If you are backing up over a network
>with some slow clients, you will not get the best capacity on the tapes as
>the unit ships from the factory in speed mode.
>
>They offered to ship me a tape that would do the mode change just by
>inserting the tape (much like a cleaning session). This can also be done
>through their Windows utilities. I moved a SCSI card from a Mac to a PC
>and ran the util and did the change right away. After all this trouble, I
>noticed the unit has an admin serial port and I'd be the util could be run
>from Virtual PC just fine.
>
>Since then, capacity is fine and the drive is joy to use.
>
>Also, we have the cool black model but they also ship a translucent unit.
>
>Peace, Matt Warren
This explains why I only got 19 GB on my first tape!
According to today's update, a Mac utility to handle the mode switch and
update the firmware is due within the next two weeks. Hooray! Now I'll be
able to double what I'm storing on those $80 tapes.
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