14 Mar
2005
14 Mar
'05
8:07 a.m.
From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning at equallogic.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Mag Tapes was RE: Got Videotrax card working
I couldnt agree more. QIC-80 (including Travan) and QIC-2000 are a
nightmare. The same goes for DAT
Reel-to-reel and 3480/3490 are the best I've worked with, closely followed
by DC600.
The reason (for me) that DC600 is second best, is that the error recovery is
much easier
Nico
>>>> "Joe" == Joe R <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> writes:
Joe> At 11:14 PM 3/12/05 -0500, James Fogg wrote:
> Over the years I've learned to never
trust tape of any kind.
Joe> That's been my experience. I've never been able to get a tape
Joe> backup that worked. That includes brand new ones, DATs and
Joe> everything else. I know tapes have been a mainstay in the
Joe> computer field but I've had nothing but trouble with them.
My view is that there are PC class tapes and real tapes. .
The most obvious nasty example of PC class tapes
are QIC cartridges. DAT is similar -- those are miniature video
tapes, forced into pretending to be data tapes.