salvage@plethora.net drunkenly mumbled...
> 
> They're loud.  At least the ones I've used have been fairly
> loud.  Generally, the tape will go in with a solid THUNK,
> and the drive will probe it about two seconds later, with
> a loud whirr WHIRR whirr.

i had to close the door to my computer "room" because cron would fire off a
backup job at 5am and the QIC-150 would WAKE ME UP IT WAS SO LOUD!

maybe mine was extra special loud, but every QIC i've ever used has been
extremely annoyingly loud.

just thought i'd warn you. :)

-brian