Exabyte 8 Mm
These drives use Metal Particle (MP) tape.
- 1987 -- EXB-8200
- Full-Height form factor
- 246 kB/s data transfer rate
- EXB-8200SX model features high-speed search
- 1990 -- EXB-8500
- Full-Height form factor
- 500 kB/s data transfer rate
- EXB-8500c model features hardware data compression
- 1992 -- EXB-8505
- Half-Height form factor
- 1994 -- EXB-8505XL
- Half-Height form factor
- 500 kB/s data transfer rate
- 1995 -- EXB-8700
- Tabletop (top-loading) form factor
- 8700 model included generic backup software
- 8700LT model included no software
- 8700SW included Cheyenne backup software
- 1998 -- Eliant 820
- Half-Height form factor
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