Citation
(1999), "New tape drive from Singapore", Asian Libraries, Vol. 8 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/al.1999.17308bad.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
New tape drive from Singapore
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New tape drive from Singapore
Singapore-based company Tanberg Data has released a 12/24Gb SLR6 tape drive. They say it offers transfer rates of up to 8.6Gb per hour, or 2.4Mb per second, with a 2:1 data compression. It features a fast and wide 16-bit SCSI interface, and is available as a bare drive, a drive kit, and as a complete tape storage management system including tape drive, cabling, data cartridge, cleaning cartridge, and software for all standard operating systems.