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Article #20273Re: CMS Jumbo tapes - Does it really matter which brand?
From: Dave Laird
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:33
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:33
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mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes: > CMS recommends certain tapes for it's drives. Does it REALLY matter, or is > it an "I'll scratch your back" arrangement? > No, Mike. From experience I know that in some cases, CMS drives will either not format or read "alien" tapes. 8) Sounds like a rendition from DS9, eh? But it's true. I have several tapes which my Jumbo 120 will not format or read, yet when I put the tapes in my Irwin drive, they work fine with no bad blocks. It's true, and it's probably, as you observed, someone scratching someone else's back... -- davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) IEAx for lack of a better name... (509) 624-0744
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!isc-br!tau-ceti!comtch!davel From: davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: CMS Jumbo tapes - Does it really matter which brand? Message-ID: <L37ZXB1w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us> Date: 26 Jan 93 21:33:32 GMT References: <C1ExnK.1zF@encore.com> Sender: bbs@comtch.spk.wa.us (Waffle bbs) Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington Lines: 16