External tape drives

[Jack Weldon]

In article <9001051804.AA01256 at chaos.ocean.fsu.edu> steve at CHAOS.OCEAN.FSU.EDU (Steve Van Gorder) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I have a Personal Iris 4D/20 with a 170 Mb disk and I would like to install
>an additional 760 Mb drive in the full height slot. The problem is what to 
>do with my existing 150 Mb SCSI tape drive.
>
>Does anyone out there know if there is some type of (inexpensive) external 
>cabinet that I can move the tape drive to? 
>
If you are considering buying another PI in the near future, one solution
would be to purchase that one WITHOUT the slide-in tape drive, and purchase
the External 150 Meg Tape option. This sits on top of the PI and is 
externally powered, leaving your top slot free for the 760.  You can use the
other existing tape drive in the new one...Check with the Sales Rep or System
Engineer in your area for more information.  My Price Book show this as the
P5-T4C3A 150 Meg External SCSI Tape Drive. I'm sure there are other answers
that would work, but this is the most logical if you are considering purchasing
another PI.

Jack Weldon
SGI Product Support