8mm data cartridges

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>> 8 mm wasn't bad.  At about that time, we were heavily involved in 
>>> specifying tape for customers and we tended to rank things this way:
>>>
>>> DLT > 8mm > 4mm DAT > Travan > QIC. 
>> Interesting.  That's about my assessment too, though I don't use tapes 
>> all that much.
> 
> Personally I'd rate it a bit different.
> 
> DLT > 4mm DAT > QIC > 8mm
> 
> I don't remember ever dealing with Travan, though I think I have a couple
> drives in the collection I've built at work.

I definitely wouldn't rate DAT/DDS anywhere near that highly.  I've 
found that 8mm tapes are fine if you don't write over them again and 
again.  I can't say the same for DDS.

Peace...  Sridhar