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Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 96 18:33:07 MET DST
From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
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>> She's ruled out DAT unless I can get a DAT drive for well under the $550
>> that's the best price I can manage. I'll be damned if I'm going to buy one
>> of those ghastly Floppy Tape things without Jesus Monroy's mythical driver.
>
> Hmm.  The bonus with DAT is that media are _very_ cheap.  I'd expect you to
> pay around $10 for a 2G cart, as opposed to $30 or so for DC6250's.

Agreed (and just recently claimed).  But I'd assume you're talking
Australian dollars.

Greg