Reel-to-Reel care?

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Dec 10 11:36:54 2003

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Kelly Leavitt wrote:

> We regularly purchase databases from outside sources. All but a few default
> to sending these on 9-track 1/2" tape (the bigger reels too). The mail
> houses still using the 1/2 tapes actually have a service charge of $75 to
> $100 per ten-thousand names to put them on floppy, cd or email. Maybe
> they're just trying to get rid of the thousands of junk tapes they have
> around. Anyway, I end up with a closet full of tapes every year.

This reminds me of the telephone company charging to NOT have your name
listed in the phone book* (perhaps ink costs MORE when they use less, or
maybe the NOT_LISTED field in their database table takes up so much data
that it requires them to have additional disk drive space on hand to
accomodate it).

* at least where I am

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