8MM Tape drives

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Nico de Jong wrote:
> I beg to differ.
> My list says
> - DLT -
> - QIC and 8 mm
> - 3480/3490
> - DDS
> - (long pause)
> - floppy tape / Travan (QIC-80)
> Just the principle of writing a tape through the floppy interface, 
> disgusts me. Formatting a tape takes a very long time; ISTR about an 
> hour. Must have been invented by the devil.

I have many hundreds of gig stored on 3480 without problem.

Peace...  Sridhar