Re: Reliability problems with DDS-2 tapes

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From: gremban
Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 00:00

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In article <3opa52$sdi@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>, zzspart@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au 
says...
>
>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told me that they had withdrawn their DDS-2 120m DAT tapes from sale, 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.

Geoff, were these tapes being used over and over again? If so, do
you know how many passes?

regards,
  Steve

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