18 Jan
2022
18 Jan
'22
10:21 a.m.
However, "couple (of) months" seems
incongruent with "day-to-day".
I don't do a reinstall of SunOS every day, though!
I am assuming that the day-to-day operation to mean
that the source data
is still accessible on the source system. As such, it's probably simply
a matter of annoyance when a QIC* fails and you must re-do the process
that was using it.
Yeah, it's not like irreplaceable data is being lost. But when they fail, you have to
at least re-band another tape, and with this stuff pulling oxide off, probably clean the
drive too. And of course write a new tape out.
*Can I use /just/ QIC as a proper name or should I say
/QIC/ /cartridge/
analogous to VIN number?
"Tape" is I think what most people call them :P
Thanks,
Jonathan