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Article #279Re: DDS-2 DAT tape prices?
From: Tom Kustner
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:15
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:15
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You're not going to see anything under $13/$14. The absolute lowest price I have seen is $15 for TDK brand tapes and I don't know the quality. See the below site for pricing. http://www.magpage.com/optimag/dat.htm Also recall that there is (or was 2 weeks ago) a shortage on DDS-2 tapes because only one plant makes the stuff for the tapes in the world and there were some problems. The shortage (an article I saw stated this) won't start easing up until Freb. and wouldn't be completely gone until May/June. That may have changed since I saw the article. If you can get your hands on the tapes, feel lucky! Hope this helps. Tom Kustner On Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:41:10 -0600, Bruce Adelsman <adelsman@infonet.isl.net> wrote: >What is the best deal on DDS-2 DAT tape prices? Everywhere I look it >seems that they cost around $20 a piece, even in volume orders. >Meanwhile I can find standard DAT tapes for $8-9 a piece. > >I'd appreciate any good sources for DDS-2 tapes. Thanks. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Bruce Adelsman Rochester, MN USA >http://www.isl.net/~adelsman >badelsman@aol.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge" >adelsman@infonet.isl.net - Albert Einstein ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kustner E-mail: emjay@execpc.com System/LAN Administrator NetWare 3.12, AOS/VS 7.72, HP-UX 9.04 Emjay Corporation Phone: (414) 961-0650 725 W. Glendale Ave. Fax #: (414) 961-1649 Glendale, WI 53209-6509 (USA) Any opinions stated are mine and not necessarily those of Emjay.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!daily-planet.execpc.com!usenet From: emjay@execpc.com (Tom Kustner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: DDS-2 DAT tape prices? Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:15:06 GMT Organization: Emjay Corporation Message-ID: <310cff66.7462385@news.execpc.com> References: <30FC7DE6.7AF8@infonet.isl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gumbys.execpc.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141