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From: mead!mead!rubin@cis.ohio-state.edu (Daniel Rubin)
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Subject: Re: DAT for $800 ?
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Date: 24 Aug 90 13:23:46 GMT
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>i am sensitive to re-recording tape however...i believe
>that stressing the little domains too many times can lead to bit errors
>that eventually cause noticeable degradation.  tape dropout will
>be a notorious nemesis to the DAT-ter.   playback's contribution
>to tape wear would seem to be significantly less.
>
>duane

I have an Exabyte 4mm tape drive that I use to make weekly backups.
The 4mm tape is really made for Digital Audio and the information 
is recorded on the tape the same way that digital audio is recorded on
the tape.  I have used a single tape for over a year now and just had 
to retrieve a file last week and it was 100% error free.  After 50+
re-recordings the information is still 100% error free and it doesn't even
have to be 100% error free for digital audio.  I really don't think that
there will be a problem recording over the same tape many times.

							- Dan Rubin