On 1/18/2016 12:46 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Longevity of tapes was very spotty.
Some expensive, name-brand tapes just
disintegrated after a few years.
Others have held up amazingly well.
Yeah, I think even among the same brand
/ model. Like I've heard bad things
about Black Watch before too, but all of
*my* Black Watch seem fine. Maybe just
differences in amount of use and storage
environment and luck of the draw.
Last year I read in some 1993
backups of my MicroVAX system with no
trouble at all. I did have to clean
the tape head after every tape, but
that wasn't greatly different from
when the tapes were new.
What media were those backups on (eg.
TK70)?
- J.