Are QIC 1000 tapes rare?

[Tony Duell]

> >> My goodness...  I probably have 40-50 of these sitting in storage, although 
> >> only a few are unused.  Do folks really use QIC-1000 drives anymore?
> >> 
> >> 
> > Well, some people are buying 8" and 5.25" floppies, so why no QIC-1000 tapes?
> 
> I should have said "..using them commercially".

I would also suspect that the number of 'classic computers' run by 
enthusiasts that use 8" (and even more so 5.25") flopplies vastly exceeds 
the number that use QIC1000 tapes.

-tony