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From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>
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Subject: help, broken tape drive
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My HP dat drive ate a tape and died, and since all my backups are on
90m dds1 tapes, I'd like to be sure that the replacement drive will
read them.  Do I need to be concerned about the brand (the old drive
was a HP35480a) as long as I get a 4mm dat drive?  I know there are now
drives that take 120m tapes -- do I need to avoid these?

Thanks.

Dave Bodenstab
imdave@mcs.net