Grumpy Ol' Fred wrote: In a message dated 9/30/99 11:41:38 AM EST, cisin(a)xenosoft.com writes: << The 96TPI head can not do very good job of erasing or writing over the wide track. Some people claim success, but _I_ want better quality than that. >> Hit 'em with a bulk tape eraser first. << This must be a new meaning of "successfully" of which I was not previously aware. Did you store data on them? Yup. << Did you read the data? Yup. << Did the data last for more than a few days? Yup. << Do you CARE about the reliability of data? Nah - just a bunch of 0s and 1s anyway ;>) Actually my concern is with the reliability of the _media_ -- plenty of _data_ is crap regardless of the nature of the media it's stored on . . . Glen Goodwin 0/0