Drive inventory

From: Carl Lowenstein <cdl_at_proxima.ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu Feb 14 12:35:13 2002

> From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
> To: "'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: Drive inventory
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:02:42 -0500
> Sender: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>
> >
> > In other words, if your tape has hardware compression, you may be out
> > of luck without the exact drive that wrote it.
> >
>
> So far, we're able to read DDS3 tapes from a Sony drive where
> we used hardware compression in a Sony DDS4 drive, so at least
> Sony is designing some continuity in *their* product line...

It has been my experience over several years that the only problems
with incompatible hardware compression on DDS drives was with the
original generation of DDS and DDS-DC drives, before DDS2. The
type of drive that was retro-named DDS1.

    carl
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        carl lowenstein   marine physical lab   u.c. san diego
                                          clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Thu Feb 14 2002 - 12:35:13 GMT

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