Using DC6250's in an archive 2150S/E

[Larry Snyder]

gary at mic.UUCP (Gary Lewin) writes:

>I do not know about the Archive but do know that the 250 meg tapes work
>well with a Wangtek.  So far, only the buss drive version has been tested.
>Later this week, though, a Wangtek 150 meg SCSI tape unit will be in.  If
>you want to know the results of the SCSI 250 meg test, send some mail.

>In general, the 250 meg tapes look and act just like the 150's.  They are
>well worth the $4.00 additional cost (that runs out at $0.04 per meg, one
>of the best dollar-to-meg ratios I have ever seen).

I was told that the ceramic heads on the 2150S will support the
250 megabytes tapes where as the metal heads won't.

Now, the question is does my 2150S have a metal or ceramic head?

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