IBM 9348 9-track tape drive

[Nico de Jong]

From: "Lyle Bickley" <lbickley at bickleywest.com>
>
> 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.

You might also want to spy after an M4 9914 drive. All the drives I've had
in my vincinity handled all 4 densities read _and_ write. However, according
to the documentation, writing 800 bpi is an option. The user/diagnostic
manual is available on-line somewhere.

Nico