Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:13225 comp.unix.questions:10535 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!steinmetz!hercules!fiorese From: fiorese@hercules.steinmetz (peter d fiorese) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Needed: info on 8mm tape drives Message-ID: <12747@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 6 Dec 88 15:34:13 GMT Sender: news@steinmetz.ge.com Reply-To: fiorese@hercules.steinmetz () Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 15 Hello, I'm looking to hear from some people who have experiences with the 8mm helical scan tapes. I would like to find out: -how long you have been using them -if you have had luck (or trouble) with recovery -what format you are writing on the tape -how many machines you are backing up, what type of schedule you're using, and number of tapes I would appreciate any input on this sublject, or on that of the DAT tecknology, as I may look into that as well. Pleas e-mail responses, and I'll post as summary. Thanks, fiorese@ge-crd.ARPA Pete. fiorese@bashful.steinmetz.ge.com