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To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@legarto.minn.net>
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Subject: Re: why won't my tape drive keep streaming? 
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 09:56:55 +0200
From: Julian Howard Stacey <jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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have any ideas as to what the problem might be?

Suggestion: try st blocksize 512
(maybe your DAT drive support variable size blocking like 
a Tandberg QIC 525 cartridge )

Julian S