8 May
2007
8 May
'07
6:41 p.m.
--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
we tended to
rank things this way:
Personally I'd rate it a bit different.
DLT > 4mm DAT > QIC > 8mm
I don't remember ever dealing with Travan, though I
think I have a couple
drives in the collection I've built at work.
Travan always seemed kinda like a refined QIC. I was
never fond of QIC (especially those floppy interface
ones!) I guess part of my issues with QIC is mostly
because of the low quality drives that were so
prevalent, and partly because of the tension rubber
band... Personally, I would rate them in terms of
reliability :
9 track open reel > DLT > 8mm > 4mm DAT > Travan > QIC
DLT > 8mm > 4mm DAT > Travan > QIC.
audio cassette > ADAM DataPack > Exatron Stringy
Floppy
But, in keeping with modern-ish formats, i would agree
with the orignial poster...
Yeah, I know open reel tape has it's downfalls, but
Cipher autoloader pickyness aside, I have had nothing
but good experiances with it. Even DLT drives have
given me more problems than I have had with nine
tracks. But then again, maybe I'm just lucky :)
-Ian