DEC Design

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Mon Sep 3 20:54:55 2001

> > Actually, DEC's tape drives were abysmal in design (not counting the
> > DECtapes which were really reel-to-reel disk drives.
>
> Yes, DECtapes are very cool. DLTs are pretty nice too; they FINALLY
> fixed the TK50 after a few iterations! ;)

The TK50 was not so great; the TK70 was much more reliable. I don't have
any experience with the TZ30 (although I do have one somewhere). The Tx85,
Tx86, Tx87, Tx88, and Tx89 all seem to be exceptionally reliable (along with
the equivalent DLTx000 drives). I used to use DAT at home. Now I use a
DLT4700 system.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Mon Sep 03 2001 - 20:54:55 BST

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