Drive inventory

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Thu Feb 14 06:20:30 2002

>There are currently 5 DAT formats (DDS, DDS-1, DDS-2, DDS-3, and DDS-4)
>and all are backward compatible.

But, can a drive from manufacturer "A" read a DDS-1 tape written on
manufacturer "B's" drive? It's been my understanding that sometimes even
different model drives from the same manufacturer can't read the same tape.

                        Zane
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