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Subject: Re: Recommend 8mm exabyte drives?
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970109183706.006936c4@pop.dial.pipex.com> from Simon Reading at "Jan 9, 97 06:58:04 pm"
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 07:49:51 +0100 (MET)
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Simon Reading writes:
> I'm considering 8mm exabyte as a (?more reliable) alternative to 4mm DAT.
>
> Would you recommend these drives?

No.  They're much more expensive, and my track record with them hasn't
been brilliant either.  I also don't like the way they fuss around
when they're loading and unloading tapes.

Greg