RE: 8mm Tape Media (was RE: CODE/400 - TCP)

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:04 AM 3/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
>You built your house with 8mm tape - no wonder the roof leaks !   :-)
>
>OK - one BIG caveat.  You MUST treat them carefully (as Al would
>probably say, like a $500 hooker).
>(OK - apologies in advance, no flames please).
>AND clean the drive at the recommended intervals.
>For example, if you DO drop one, the recommendation is that the tape be
>replaced.
>I've been using them for over 5 years, and I'll admit I do have one
>hanging on a picture hook by the loose tape coming out of the cartridge,
>but that one WAS dropped and I saw the operator pick it up and insert it
>in the drive.
>Big mistake !
>Also, you occasionally run into some cheap bas***d who will try to use
>an 8mm Video tape in the drive to save a few dollars.  Duh !
>And as I said, I wouldn't recommend them for long term archiving.

Another caviot.  You can not use 8mm, 6250 reel-to-reel or 3490 for a
'native' NT backup.  (A 'native' NT backup is one done from NT, so you can
restore individual files.)  The only tape drives that will support this are
3570 and 3590!  (I bought 3490's this year!

When you do a 'save option 21' (from any tape drive), NT is saved as a
blob, but can only be restored as a blob!

Al





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