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From: battan@qtc.UUCP (Jim Battan)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Exabyte head cleaning kit
Keywords: Exabyte cleaning
Message-ID: <457@qtc.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 89 17:22:08 GMT
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Reply-To: battan@qtc.UUCP (Jim Battan)
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In article <450@alias.UUCP> mark@alias.UUCP (Mark Andrews) writes:
>I require some information on the availability and
>price of a Exabyte head cleaning kit.

I called two companies to ask about their cleaning kits.  First, Perfect
Byte, Inc. said that they were offering kits at $23, quantity one.  Theirs
are "wet" kits, the ones with Freon.  They said there have been some reports
of damage with the wet kits (the spindle gets munched), but cleaning them
is better than not.  They had heard Exabyte would be coming out with a
"dry" kit soon.

Then I called Exabyte's technical support.  They said the wet kits will
void Exabyte's warranty on the drive.  Exabyte now exclusively sells a dry
kit for $25 each (minimum order 5).  The tapes work three times, and are
recommended every month or after 30GB have been written.  Thus, five tapes
should last about a year.

Exabyte's address: 1745 38th St, Boulder, CO  80301.
Direct Sales: 800/767-TAPE(8273), x466.  They take Visa or checks.

You should read comp.sys.sun; periodically there's useful info there about
8mm drives, particularly from George Goble ("Mr. Exabyte").
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Jim Battan     uunet!sequent!qtc!battan    +1 503 626 3081
Quantitative Technology Corporation (QTC)
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