Tape media

From: Stan Pietkiewicz <pietstan_at_rogers.com>
Date: Sun Mar 23 18:53:01 2003

Zane H. Healy wrote:

<<snip>>
>>
>>The problem is I didn't get any tape media for my nice DLT tape drives
>>and this stuff is so darn expensive if bought new. Any ideas?
>>
>
> I really hope you didn't wreck that TZ86 and TZ88, thankfully these are the
> DEC drives and I think they might be more forgiving than something like a
> DLT2000 or DLT4000 drive. IIRC, the TZ86 is capable of reading TK50 and
> TK70 tapes. There is a drastic difference between TK50/70 and DLT III & IV
> media! I don't remember the specifics on the differences, part of it is
> that it writes in a different manner, and part is that the tape is
> different.
>

One DLT2000 drive I have is also labelled "Not TK50/TK70 certified". The
implication of the label is that there may have been drives produced
with better backwards compatibility.

About newer DLT media: I've seen varying prices for the tapes on EPay,
ranging from "good deal" status to "I'm sure I could find them new for
that price!!". YMMV...
Received on Sun Mar 23 2003 - 18:53:01 GMT