Conner adds cost-effective 8GB performance to Tape-Stor family; TST8000 minicartridge tape drive provides industry leading backward read capability.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1995--Conner Tape Products Group, a division of Conner Peripherals Conner Peripherals was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1986 by Seagate Technology co-founder Finis Conner, as a merger between a company of his and another started by MiniScribe founders John Squires and Terry Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ), today announced the Tape-Stor 8000, a complete QIC-3095 compatible Travan minicartridge tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. system packaged for the retail market. This new 8GB system provides high-end desktop users with the performance and capacity of alternative technologies at significantly less cost per megabyte, as well as industry-leading backward read capability with most floppy interface-based media formats. Available with SCSI-2 or IDE interfaces options, this newest addition to Conner's Tape-Stor product family is available in internal and external models. The Tape-Stor 8000 operates with 3M's new wider, high capacity Travan TR-4 media and Sony's QIC-Wide media, and leads the industry in adopting the QIC-3095 TR-4 tape format. The Tape-Stor 8000 minicartridge tape drive features backward read/write compatibility with the QIC-3080 format, and is backward read compatible with a wide range of tape media (see Compatibility Chart). "The Tape-Stor 8000 provides a cost-effective, retail-oriented solution for achieving high capacity and a fast data transfer rate demonstrated by today's computers," said Rich Peters, Conner's senior director of tape product marketing. "We are committed to offering leading edge capacity tape backup solutions which leverage the latest advancements in tape media, while ensuring extensive compatibility as users upgrade their systems." -0- Tape-Stor 8000 Compatibility: Tape Format Minicartridge Media Type Compressed Capacity (a) QIC-3095 3M Travan TR-4 8 GB QIC-3095 Sony QIC-Wide 4 GB QIC-3080 3M 1/4" 3.2 GB QIC-3080 Sony QIC-Wide 4 GB QIC-3020 3M Travan TR-3 3.2 GB QIC-3020 Sony QIC-Wide 1.7 GB QIC-3020 3M 1/4" 1.4 GB QIC-3010 3M Travan TR-2 1.6 GB QW-3010 Sony QIC-Wide 850 MB QIC-80 Sony QIC-Wide 420 MB QIC-80 3M Travan TR-1 800 MB QIC-80 3M 1/4" 250 MB (a) Assumes 2:1 compression. Key Features -- The Tape-Stor 8000 transfers data at a fast 64.8MB per minute. -- Tape-Stor 8000 features an industry-leading MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) The average time a component works without failure. It is the number of failures divided by the hours under observation. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures of greater than 200,000 hours. -- The 1-inch high internal tape drive will fit in any standard 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch drive bay. -- The external model attaches to the computer's parallel port. -- A wide range of software environments compatible with the Tape-Stor 8000 include Conner Backup Exec for DOS, Windows, and Windows 95. -- Fast Sense, a unique Conner feature, allows the tape drive to automatically sense the host system's fastest available data transfer rate that can maintain streaming, and then logically selects the optimum tape speed to maximize backup performance. -- Precision Burst, a Conner proprietary intelligent head positioning system, provides reliable operation at high speed. -0- The Tape-Stor 8000 Travan minicartridge system is a complete tape backup solution which includes the TST TST 1 Toxic shock toxin 2 Treadmill stress test, see there 8000 minicartridge tape drive (internal IDE, internal SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , or external SCSI), Conner's Backup Exec software, mounting hardware and cabling required to install the drive, a user's guide and installation manual. Conner's Backup Exec, the industry's leading data-protection software package, is a full featured solution that contains powerful tools to protect data on either stand-alone systems in DOS and Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95 environments. Price and Availability The Tape-Stor 8000 will be available during the first quarter of 1996 through Conner's authorized distributors and retailers. The manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) is $449 for an internal configuration, with external units at under $600. A two-year repair or replace warranty is provided. Users requiring technical support can call 1-800-5-CONNER for SCSI and IDE products. Based in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Conner Tape Products Group, formerly Archive Corp., offers a complete line of digital audio tape See DAT. (storage, music) Digital Audio Tape - (DAT) A format for storing music on magnetic tape, developed in the mid-1980s by Sony and Philips. As digital music was popularized by compact discs, the need for a digital recording format for the consumer existed. (DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. ), minicartridge and data cartridge products for DOS, OS/2, Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NetWare systems, plus DEC, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Apple, Sun and other platforms. The group sells through the Conner worldwide sales force to qualified OEMs, system integrators, distributors, resellers, retailers and mass merchandisers. Founded in 1986, Conner sells, designs and builds a comprehensive line of information storage solutions, including disk drives, tape drives, storage management software and disk array storage systems products, for a wide range of computer applications. Conner had 1994 revenues of $2.4 billion. Conner's World Wide Web address is http://www.conner.com. -0- Note to Editors: All trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective owners. CONTACT: Conner Tape Products Pattie Adams, 408/456-3129 pattie.adams@conner.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Leslie Furuta, 310/822-4669 |
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