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In <1992Nov02.130149.13890@cyantic.com> mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld) writes:

>In article <BwuBHD.C0A@newcastle.ac.uk> S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk writes:
>>
>>I want a DAT drive for backup, the HP sounds good, but am having a hard  
>>time getting pricing...if you are a company and are selling DAT drives for  
>>the NeXT with software, please mail me as soon as you can with your  
>>pricing and availability...etc

>I can't be 100% certain, but the HP DAT formats may be proprietary.
>Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Definitely NOT.
The HP DATs use the DDS standard which is the Industry Standard
(originally designed by HP & Sony).  The compression is also
industry standard (can't remember the acronym).

We have had no problem transferring data off site using HP DAT
drives - no idea what the other end uses!  However there are a lot
of pre-standard drives around - the old WangDATs were non-standard
although I think new ones are DDS.

	Nigel.

PS Just a staisfied user, no commercial axe to grind.
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