Third Party DAT Drive Suppliers for SGI's

Here is a list of third party DAT drive suppliers I have compiled from comp.sys.sgi.*/info-iris-* messages. All comments are from the original poster. The DDS1 DAT drives SGI has used in the past were Archive/Conner/Seagate Python 25601. Their DDS2's are Archive/Conner/Seagate Python 01931.

People seem to have problems with the WangDAT drives. Apparently they have some firmware problems. It might be better to go with a different drive manufacturer, unless they fix their problems. Disabling synchronous mode for the drive in both /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi and /var/sysgen/master.d/wd9[35] may help, but can cause more problems.

For some odd reason recently, Seagate seems to like keeping the fact that their DAT's can do audio a secret. Their tech. support will act like they don't know what's going on. Models numbers with an `A' at the end seem to indicate audio firmware, for example: Seagate 4326RPA. If you push hard enough and long enough, you might get a straigh answer.

If any one has any updated information, changes, or corrections, please let me know. I try to only keep a list of company names that end users have actually purchased equipment from and are satisfied with that company's products and service. If you have problems with a company, let me know and I'll see about dropping them from the list.

ALWAYS remember to contact the company for the lastest prices.

  Anacapa
   Phone: (800)-800-7056
   Contact: Glen Anderson
   Educational Sales Rep: Webb Driver
      DAT DDS2 Archive (Audio)(4GB/8GB Comp.)		$1055 (April '96)

  Andataco
   Phone: (503) 526-9191, (800) 334-9191, (619) 453-9191
   http://www.andataco.com/
      (Reliability of company: Unknown)

  Direct Data Storage
   Phone: (916) 331-5852
   http://harddisk.com/tape.html
      DAT DDS1 Archive (2GB/4GB Comp.)			$595 (June '96)
      DAT DDS2 WangDAT (4GB/8GB Comp.)			$849 (June '96)
      DAT DDS2 HP C1533A (4GB/8GB Comp.)		$895 (June '96)

  Artecon, Inc.(was Falcon Systems, Inc.)
   6305 El Camino Real
   Carlsbad, CA 92009-1606
   Phone: (800) 872-2783, (760) 931-5500, FAX: (760) 931-5527
   http://www.artecon.com/
      DAT DDS1 Archive (Audio)				$1200 (May '95)
      DAT DDS2 Archive (Audio)(4GB/8GB Comp.)		 $874 (May '96)
      Indigo2 5.25" Sled				 $175 (July '96)
      Indigo2 3.5" Sled					 $165 (July '96)
      SH-004-E 4x5.25" HH Enclosure:			 $350 (May '96)
                              ~$80 less for 2 bay encloser.
     Falcon's service became nonexistent.  They didn't return calls and
	can't get quotes right.  Others have noticed the same thing.
	Don't know if the new Artecon management has changed things any.

  Global
   Phone: (800) 845-6225
      DAT Tapes (4mm)(60m)  (OKC3660UA)			   $5.29 (June '97)
      DAT Tapes (4mm)(90m)  (OKC3661UA)			   $5.99 (June '97)
      DAT Tapes (4mm)(120m) (OKC21406UA)		  $15.99 (June '97)

  Impediment, Inc.
   541 Plain Street
   Marshfield, MA 02050
   Phone: (781) 834-3800, Alex Sunguroff (car phone): (781) 694-4488
   Fax: (781) 834-3666
   Email Contact: Walter Seamon <walter@impediment.com>
   Email Contact: Alexander Sunguroff : alex@impediment.com
   http://www.impediment.com/
      Archive DAT DDS2 (Audio?)(4/8GB Comp.)(4326RP)	 $802 (April '97)
      HP DAT DDS3 (12/24GB Comp.)(C1554A)		$1335 (April '97)
      Seagate DAT DDS4 (20/40GB Comp.)(STD2401LW-S)	 $739 (July 2002)
      SONY DAT DDS3 (12/24GB Comp.)(SDT-9000)		 $865 (March '99)
      SONY DAT DDS4 (20/40GB Comp.)(SDT-10000)		$1145 (April 2000)
      SONY DAT DDS4 (20/40GB Comp.)(SDT-11000-BM)	 $920 (July 2002)
      HP 120m DATA DAT tape (92200A)			  $20 (April '97)
      HP 125m DATA DAT tape (C1517A) 5-Pak		 $155 (April '97)
      FUJI 125m DATA DAT tape (16047300)		  $22 (March '99)
      FUJI 150m DATA DAT tape (26047350)		  $37 (Sep. '99)
      Sony 150m DATA DAT tape (DGD150M)			  $17 (July 2002)
      DAT Cleaning Cartridge 				  $12 (March '99)
      Indigo2 Sled (INDIGO-R2-3.5)			 $165 (July '96)
      Octane Sled with SCA converter (DAT-OCTANE)	 $225 (Aug. '98)
      1 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS90-S1MM)		 $125 (April '97)
      4 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS100-S4MM)	 $335 (March '99)
      4 Half Height 5.25" Enclosure (DS100-S4W)	 $365 (April 2000)
      18" SCSI-2 Cable					  $25 (March '99)
      18" SCSI-3 Cable (DC100-SCSI3-1.5)		  $30 (Feb. '99)
      3' SCSI-2 Cable					  $75 (Aug. '96)
      3' SCSI Narrow to Wide active Cable		  $65 (April 2000)
      SCSI-2 ACTIVE TERM.				  $25 (April 2000)
      68 PIN WIDE S.E. ACTIVE TERM. (DX100-S3-TA)	  $35 (Nov. 1998)

  INLINE CORPORATION
   12110 Sunset Hills Road #450
   Reston, Virginia 22090 USA
   Phone: (800) INLINE-7 (800-465-4637), 703-478-0800; FAX: (703) 478-0966
   Email Contact: John Tibbitts: john@inlinecorp.com
   Email Contact: Jim Fernandez: jim@inlinecorp.com
   http://www.inlinecorp.com/
      2- 4GB DAT 					 $908 (Feb. '96)
      2- 4GB DAT (with audio?)				 $815 (May  '96)
      4- 8GB DAT (with audio, SGI)			$1595 (May  '96)
      4- 8GB DAT (with compression & audio)		 $895 (Aug. '96)
      4- 8GB DAT 					 $994 (Feb. '96)
      7-14GB 8mm					$2042 (Feb. '96)
      DAT Tapes (4mm)(90m)				$13-18 (May '96)
      DAT Tapes (4mm)(120m)				$25-37 (May '96)
      DAT Cleaning Tapes 				  $19 (Sept. '96)
      18" SCSI-2 Cable					  $35 (Aug. '96)
      AMPHENOL SCSI-2 ACTIVE TERM.			  $15 (Aug. '96)
      4x5.25" HH Enclosure:			 $249 (Aug. '96)
      (GSA# is GS-35F-4143D)

  Rorke Data, Inc. (formerly Introl)
   9700 West 78th St.
   Eden Prairie,, MN 55344
   Phone: (800) 328-8147, (612) 943-7856, FAX: (612) 829-1925
   VA Contact: Don Woods x121
      DAT DDS2 1300, 1.3G Conner			$1045 (May '95)
      DAT DDS2 8000, 8G Conner				$1220 (May '95)
      DAT DDS2 16000, 16G Conner			$1310 (May '95)
                              ~$200 more for 2 bay.

  Western Scientific
   4631 Viewridge Ave.
   San Diego, CA 92123
   Phone: (800) 443-6699, 619-565-6699, Fax: 619-565-6938
   Email: info@wsm.com
   http://www.wsm.com

  ZZYZX Workstations & Peripherals
   5893 Oberlin Dr., STE 104
   San Diego, CA  92121
   Phone:(800) 876-7818, (619) 558-7800, FAX: (619) 558-8283
   North East territory: John Cusumano Email:will@zzyzx.com
   South East territory: Mark McKinzie
   North Central territory: Scott Hoyt
   South Central territory: Mike Abshire
   West Coast territory: Will J. Grupenhoff Email:will@zzyzx.com
   Government Contracts: Diane McDonnell
   http://www.zzyzx.com/
      DDS2 Conner (audio?) (4GB/8GB Comp.)		 $945 (July '96)
      DDS3 HP (12GB/24GB Comp.)				$1555 (April '97)
      DDS3 Sony (12GB/24GB Comp.)			$1575 (April '97)
      DDS3 125m tapes					  $36   (April '97)
      DDS2 120m tapes					  $17.50 (April '97)
      DDS2 90m tapes					   $7.50 (April '97)
      Indigo2 5.25" Sled				 $295 (July '96)
      Onyx Sled						 $500 (July '96)
      Dual enclosure					 ~$50 (May '96)
      Quad 5.25" Half Height enclosure			 $235 (May '96)
      Quad 5.25" Full Height enclosure (4*65W supply)	 $475 (April '97)

Installation Help

If your system doesn't automatically recognize your DAT drive, follow the following steps so that is does:

Run `mt status' on the drive in question and you'll get an output similar to the following:
```
   Controller: SCSI
   Device: ARCHIVE: Python 28388-XXX5.63
   Status: 0x20262
   Drive type: DAT
   Media : READY, writable, at BOT
```
The line you are looking for is the `Device' line.
As root, edit the file /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi and copy an entry that best matches your drive. In my case it was the DDS2 entry.
1. Replace the 5th and 6th fields of the copied entry with your information. In the case above, the 5th entry would be replace with "ARCHIVE" and the 6th with "Python 28388". Do NOT add the serial number information. The 6th field has a 20 character limit.
2. Replace the 3th and 4th fields with the lengths of the 5th and 6th fields respectively.
If your drive has compression and you want it to work, also edit the file /dev/MAKEDEV.d/TPS_base. On my system I changed the following line from:
```
   *Device:*Python*01931*) # DDS2 drive with
```
to:
```
   *Device:*Python*01931*|*Device:*Python*28388*) # DDS2 drive with
```
This will cause the hardware compression devices to be made.
Finally reboot your system. This SHOULD cause a new kernel to be made with that recognizes your tape drive. If it doesn't, do a `autoconfig -f' to force a new kernel to be built and then reboot.

My other SGI 3rd party hardware lists:

CD-ROM's, Hard Disks, Floppies/Flopticals,
Joysticks, Magneto Opticals, Memory,

CDR's (Writeable CD-ROM's), DLT's (Digital Linear Tape), Mice

If you have any additions, corrects, or updates to the above information, please email me at: blbates@vigyan.com, thanks.

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