Re: dilema: TR3 vs TR4 vs DAT

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From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:00

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Donovan Baarda wrote:
> 

> 
> People keep mentioning the good track record of DAT, but the only concrete
> examples I have heard are things like, "worked OK for 1 year, then stopped
> recording", and even "worked OK for a week, then started to fail on
> recovering tapes, after sending the drive back and forth for replacements
> and repairs many times, we gave up and got a DLT".

Keep in mind that satisfied linux users don't post to Usenet
"my linux box's been working perfectly since 1.0.9" messages 
-- they usually post when something goes wrong.  Are you sure
this isn't the case with the things you hear about DAT?

> In particular can anyone offer any comparisons to the newer TR4
> drives?

No, as they don't have a good (nor bad) track record yet.
-- 
Dimitri
emaziuk @ curtin.edu.au
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From: Dimitri Maziuk <dima@eris.dev.null>
Subject: Re: dilema: TR3 vs TR4 vs DAT
Date: 1997/04/10
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