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From: jsadler@bcsaic.UUCP (James Sadler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Pre-formatted tapes for HP drives
Message-ID: <9303@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 88 03:38:26 GMT
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Reply-To: jsadler@bcsaic.UUCP (James Sadler)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <2614@csccat.UUCP> jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) writes:
>In article <9055@bcsaic.UUCP> jsadler@bcsaic.UUCP (James Sadler) writes:
>>Just another case of HP inventing their own standards.  After the last
>		      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>The "Tape Format" in question here was not dreamed up by
>HP, if you want to blame someone then blame 3M. It's there idea

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>and still is. 
>

In that case I will blame 3M. Thanks for the correction.

>>  Out of the last four AXE and PE tapes we received 3,
>>repeat 3 of the 4 have been bad.  Do you what its like to be part way
>
>I have been working with HP equipment for 8 years and since we started
>I have never had a bad tape from HP, I also wonder how often y'al clean
>an aligned the cartridge tape drive. My library has 267 tapes in it, and
>yes it's alot of money.

The Drive's are the 7914's and have been on HP maintenence since day
one.  I have had HP out to look at the drive's and they haven't found
any problems.  The tapes that go bad have been the ones from HP.  The only one I
recall being bad from our stock (from HP) is the one I've mention.
>
>>through a upgrade and have the tape be bad ??!!  Since this involved an
>>wondering about it.  The last thing I'd get is a HP cartridge drive.
>>Jim Sadler
>
>I am not picking on you Jim, just this bad attitude about formated tapes.
>
>					Jack Hudler
>					Computer Support Corp.

Generaly I like HP and think they do a great job.  Its just that after
one too many times...

Jim Sadler

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