> >sun 8500's (5G 8mm) can be picked up for about $150 from news.  It works
> >for me.


Only problem with these is that they're getting a little long in the
tooth.  I had mine for six years or something -- and don't get me wrong,
I loved it -- but it just failed on me a couple of weeks ago.  Sprung
for the Sony 9000 DDS-3 drive (~$700), and boy, is it faster.  12 gigs,
too.

'Course, the tapes cost $20 bucks -- that's something else in Exabyte's
favor.

-David.