DC-600/300XL tape cart observation

[Christian Corti]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> The "Scotch" ones have been an unmitigated nightmare.  Binder bleed
[...]
> The "3M" brand are largely recoverable, with a few missing block
[...]
> Does this match everyone else's experience with these two brands?

Yes, absolutely! All of the Scotch/"no name" stuff (DC300 cartridges that 
were used with IBM 5100/5110 here) are a real nightmare (I still want to 
save the data on them as they contain many student/research projects of 
that era). On the other hand the 3M cartridges (although they might have 
small white belts that break) are all fine.

Another nightmare are breaking belts in DC100 cartridges (mostly Scotch 
brand, but also HP). I will have to try using a belt from a DC2120 
cartridge.

Christian