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From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
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Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Exabyte (8mm) versus DAT (4mm)
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Date: 18 Jul 90 05:08:30 GMT
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Dave Sill's nice summary wrote:

	"DAT tapes cost $15.00 and seem to be going up in price."
	--uunet!interet!jim

We pay $7-$8 a tape for 8mm tapes (Sony P6-120MP) in small quantities.
This isn't the ``certified Exabyte tape'', but our drive is still working
after over a year, dumping about a gigabyte per day.