23 Oct
1999
23 Oct
'99
11:54 a.m.
A foolish remark. The change and added
"nothing" as you called it was
the TK50 media was formatted (init'ed) and verified at the higher bit
density. It was also marked differently so these with TK70 and TK50s in
their sites would know them apart (and DEC would in their stockrooms too).
The init'ing and verifying can add a LOT to the price of the tapes. Around
'95-96 I was responsible for a wierd Sun-based system that used a VCR like
device for backups. The tapes were just like Video Tapes, but cost about
$80 a pop, instead of about $2 for plain video tapes. The difference was
they were data grade tapes that had been verified to be error free.
Zane
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