23 Mar
2003
23 Mar
'03
10:53 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
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One DLT2000 drive I have is also labelled "Not TK50/TK70 certified". The
implication of the label is that there may have been drives produced
with better backwards compatibility.
About newer DLT media: I've seen varying prices for the tapes on EPay,
ranging from "good deal" status to "I'm sure I could find them new for
that price!!". YMMV...
The problem is I didn't get any tape media for my nice DLT tape drives
and this stuff is so darn expensive if bought new. Any ideas?
I really hope you didn't wreck that TZ86 and TZ88, thankfully these are the
DEC drives and I think they might be more forgiving than something like a
DLT2000 or DLT4000 drive. IIRC, the TZ86 is capable of reading TK50 and
TK70 tapes. There is a drastic difference between TK50/70 and DLT III & IV
media! I don't remember the specifics on the differences, part of it is
that it writes in a different manner, and part is that the tape is
different.