Reliability problems with DDS-2 tapes

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From: Geoff Green
Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 00:00

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When I was speaking to a representative of Verbatim in Brisbane recently, he
told me that they had withdrawn their DDS-2 120m DAT tapes from sale, due to
reliability problems. The typical failure mode was that they stretched over
a period of time (due to the thinner material used compared to DDS-1
tapes), and might be fine for months, then fail.

He claimed that other manufacturers were suffering the same problem. Is
this true? Is there any manufacturer with a DDS-2 tape I can trust?

Geoff...

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From: zzspart@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au (Geoff Green)
Subject: Reliability problems with DDS-2 tapes
Date: 1995/05/10
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