15 Feb
2002
15 Feb
'02
11:05 a.m.
--- Carl Lowenstein <cdl(a)proxima.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > The only Data/DAT drives I ever used
(Gigatrend) were hardly ever
> > compatible from one drive to another. In fact they were seldom
> > compatible on the same drive from month to month.
>
> FWIW I have one of those drives. The mechanism was manufactured by JVC,
> and I have not had much luck with it. I recall it being extremely
> persnickety about errors on tapes...
I have the case that a Gigatrend came out of... after the previous owner
ripped it out and threw it away. Nice SCSI box. Terrible drives.
-ethan
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