Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 01:39:51 -0700 From: The Clark Family <Clark@open.org> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: mavery@mail.otherwhen.com, jsd@gamespot.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP T4000s Tape Drive problems Message-ID: <199907090813.BAA15330@opengovt.open.org> In-Reply-To: <19990709011948.A254@marder-1> References: <199907082224.PAA27606@opengovt.open.org> <199907082054.NAA03455@hudsucker.gamespot.com> <199907080218.VAA14937@hostigos.otherwhen.com> <199907082142.QAA16185@hostigos.otherwhen.com> <199907082224.PAA27606@opengovt.open.org>
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At 01:19 AM 7/9/99 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: >On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 03:53:08PM -0700, The Clark Family wrote: >> Mike, >> The HP stuff is 4mil isn't it? If so, DAT is 8mil right? >> So HP isn't DAT its 4mil. >> > >DAT is 4mm. 8mm? are you sure you're not thinking of Exabyte? >HP make DAT drives as well. Sorry, my mistake. I was thinking that because HP's 4mil stuff was not DAT, that Exabyte's 8mil stuff must be. As you point out, this is wrong. HP's DDS stuff is 4mil, but is not DAT. (Althogh they mention DAT in some of their tape drive names. DAT is 4mil, but not DDS. Exabyte's 8mil stuff is not Video 8. (Although some people use Video8 tapes for data storage.) Thanks for the info, [RC] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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