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Article #53Re: Using Sony 8mm video cartriges vs Exabyte's
From: J Lee Jaap
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:04
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:04
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In article <1992Sep30.225617.16238@cs.tulane.edu> Jeff E Mandel <mandel@tmc.tulane.edu> writes:
I used Sony consumer tapes for two years, and thought everything was
fine, then the unit slowly started accumulating errors. I sent it in for
service, and the heads were badly scummed. I have been using Exabyte
tapes since, and using an Exabyte head cleaning tape periodically. I'm
not sure that this will keep me from having the problem again in 2 years,
but since service is expensive and inconvenient, I'd recommend the
Exabyte.
You do need to clean the head periodically (I think Exabyte recommends
once/month or 30 GB) regardless of what tape you use.
--
J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@LaRC.NASA.Gov> +1 804/864-2148
employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at
NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
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Newsgroups: vmsnet.sysmgt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!tab00.larc.nasa.gov!jaapjl From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap) Subject: Re: Using Sony 8mm video cartriges vs Exabyte's In-Reply-To: Jeff E Mandel's message of Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:56:17 GMT Message-ID: <JAAPJL.92Oct2180453@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov> Organization: AS&M Inc References: <0sBuRB1w164w@uuisis.isis.org> <1992Sep30.225617.16238@cs.tulane.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:04:57 GMT Lines: 16