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>Pat Barber wrote:
>
>> Although I have heard bad things about 8mm, I have to report
>> that I have several customers with 8mm and NO apparent problems,so,
>> I guess it all depends......
>
>How true.  For those fortunate to exist in a cleaner world 8 mm capacity
>may be
>"a good thing".
>
>I must live in a dirty world, but have you ever been to a concrete batch
>plant?
>When the morning fog rolls in and starts to crystallize the dust in the tape
>drive ...  it's not a pretty sight.  Clean the drive every week? I'm not
>confident that the people on site change their clothes that often! ;-)


That's where you want the 'no moving parts' keyboard, and the backup is
done via fiber link to a remote site where the air is cleaner!

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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