IBM 9348 9-track tape drive

[Lyle Bickley]

On Monday 20 June 2005 21:23, Nico de Jong wrote:
> From: "Lyle Bickley" <lbickley at bickleywest.com>
>
> > I checked out all the drives at Weird Stuff and none have the 800bpi
>
> option.
>
> If you dont insist on IBM, you should look for e.g. Qualstar 3412S.
> Excellent drive. It supports for reading : 800, 1600, 3200 and 6250. For
> writing : 1600, 3200 and 6250. Large diameter reels

The drives are HP drives which were OEMed by IBM, Tandem, Sun, Pyramid, etc.  
They are high quality, reliable and readily available (at least here in 
Silicon Valley).  I own two of them - both being purchased with the last 
couple of years for $25 each - and both are in near perfect condition.  
Unfortunately, mine only support 1600 and 6250 bpi.

I'll keep my eyes open for the Qualstar - but I've never seen one available 
from any of the local dealers or scrappers.

Lyle
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