Re: 3590 E11 005F 005F 12B9

[John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Based on conditions, I seriously doubt a new tape drive could ever be
approved.  Might even hasten the day the 520 moves out the door.

John McKee


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:42 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Get a newer tape drive that a current CE may have had some training on?
> That was withdrawn from marketing in April of 2006.  IDK what the
> maintenance would be on a new tape drive versus that old one.  You could
> be paying more for crappy maintenance on old stuff.
> We replaced our 3590's with LTO many moons ago.
>
> Hey, I know money is a real factor here, but I am just tossing out an
> option.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Date:   09/09/2013 03:24 PM
> Subject:        3590 E11 005F 005F 12B9
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> Tape drive display show that this moring, along with "CALL FOR SERVICE".
>
> So, I called in.
>
> The CE who arrived said he had little experience with this unit.
>
> He wprked his way through the trouble tree in the manual.  Together, we
> loaded and unloaded a tape and ran DSPTAP.  All worked well.
>
> Nothing in WRKPRB or SST.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> John McKee
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