23 Sep
2010
23 Sep
'10
7:06 a.m.
On 9/23/10 9:52 AM, Teo Zenios wrote:
IBM sold the 20/40GB Mammoth 8MM drives so reliability
must have been
decent at that point (different tape formulation I assume).
That was easily a decade, possibly more, after the drives we're
talking about. I had "write-only" experiences with 8200 and 8500 drives
in 1992; they were new at that time. I'm sure subsequent development
improved error correction, head design, tape wear, and just about
everything else.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL