Using a TK50 tape on a TK70?

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Tue Jul 20 21:30:33 1999

Someone who is very experienced has suggested doing a bulk erase
on a TK50 tape and using it in a TK70 tape drive! Has anyone
ever done so and what happened?

I want to decide if a TK70 is the drive for doing backups? It is
more than twice as fast as a TK50 and the capacity is about
4 times when a TK70 is used. Also, the "/VERIFY:ONLY"
switch in BUP works very well taking less than double the
time as a straight RESTORE.

Can anyone else comment please?
Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 21:30:33 BST