Re: For the hardware guys...

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > How much to TR-4 tapes cost.  DAT tapes for my drive cost $4.99, tapes
> > for my  floppy tape cost $19~23.  Don't overlook the long term cost of
> >tapes,  a more expensive drive that uses cheaper tapes is actually less
> >expensive.
> 
>    Agreed... But $500-600 bucks for a new drive is way too expensive for me.

Then get an older DDS-1 or DDS-2 drive instead of the DDS-3.  
The drives are more reasonably priced and the tapes are still cheap.

Besides, it's a much better drive IMO.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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