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From: cball@ishmael
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Megatape 8mm backup device
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Date: 22 Nov 88 13:50:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ishmael!cball    Nov 22 08:50:00 1988


Thanks for the unsolicited review, Chris.  I have a couple questions.
Do the Megatape drives read after write to verify that the data written
on the tape really made it? 
Now that you have 8mm drives will you use a mix of 1/2" and 8mm backups
or will you do a wholesale switch to the new format?  A related issue
is how long you store backups and expect them to remain viable.  We
have restored tapes as much as five or six years after they were written.

Charles Ball			cball@inmet.inmet.com
Intermetrics, Inc.		uunet!inmet!cball