3 Oct
2009
3 Oct
'09
10:46 a.m.
On Oct 3, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Nico de Jong wrote:
Well, as long as we're doing it, here's my list:
- DLT
- 9-track
- 3480
- QIC-150
....
- 8mm
....
....
....
- 4mm
After having
supported a bunch of government customers using various
tape media for about a decade or so, my recommendation usually was:
DLT is better than
8mm is better than
DDS is better than
QIC
(With floppy-tape and Travan included in that last classification).
I beg to differ.
My list says
- DLT -
- QIC and 8 mm
- 3480/3490
- DDS
- (long pause)
- floppy tape / Travan (QIC-80) Just the principle of writing a tape through the
floppy interface,
disgusts me. Formatting a tape takes a very long time; ISTR about
an hour. Must have been invented by the devil.
I agree 100%. I've never used those things...recognized it as a
Bad Idea right off the bat and avoided them altogether.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL