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- From: biediger@lonestar.utsa.edu (David . Biediger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: CMS Jumbo tapes - Does it really matter which brand?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.194117.21098@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:41:17 GMT
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- In article <sheldon.728058970@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
- >
- >In article <C1ExnK.1zF@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
- >
- >>CMS recommends certain tapes for it's drives. Does it REALLY matter, or is
- >>it an "I'll scratch your back" arrangement?
- >
- > I'd say yes it does matter. These QIC80 tape drives, especially the
- >Colorado are pretty flimsy, low quality items. They have enough trouble
- >using a high quality 3M tape properly. I would hate to see what they do
- >with an elcheapo generic.
- >
- > Granted, if all you want to do is write data to a tape, then they'll
- >probably work fine.
- >
- > The big question is, are you going to be able to restore the data?
- >
- > If it's of any value to you, go with something you can kind of trust.
-
- Good point. I'll stay with 3M tapes forever even if they cost a
- couple dollars more per tape because of 3M's guarantee. You know,
- the one on the inside cover in the box. Basically, it says if you
- loose the data on a tape 3M will replace it with a new one and if
- possible will try to recover your lost data.
-
- David
-