28 Nov
2006
28 Nov
'06
9:49 a.m.
From: "R. D. Davis"
While attempting to restore some files from a 4mm
tape, using an HP
SureStore Tape 2000 drive, something happened to me for the first
time: the drive made a strange moaning sound then stopped reading the
tape. Not only did the drive stop reading the tape, but it had begun
eating the tape as well, nearly chewing all the way through it on one
spot.
Some years ago, I had to read a DDS-2 tape on (IIRC) a C1533 drive. New.
The first read went ok, but when I had to read it again, the tape was
wrapped around one of the motors. This customer was not very pleased, as it
was part of a criminal investigation.
Nico