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From: kc@hprnd.HP.COM (Kurt Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Re: Any software support for Exabyte tape system? (Really:  Why DAT?)
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Date: 14 Mar 90 18:11:55 GMT
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>	- Exabyte  is the  sole  vendor  of 8mm,  and  SONY is the  sole
>	  manufacturer  of 8mm.  And that  scares me.  If Exabyte  has a
>	  fire - poof, there goes  production for a year.  If SONY backs
>	  out for whatever reason, 8mm is dead.
                                   ^^^
                      Did you mean 4mm, Paul?

BTW, thanks for this enlightening info - some little-known facts about
our sequential access alternatives!

Also, 

- do you know what the comparative media costs are?

- how about comparative media reliability and how often 
  "recovered errors" occur on each?