Are QIC 1000 tapes rare?

Wed Apr 7 15:00:06 CDT 2010

On 7 Apr 2010 at 19:47, Tony Duell wrote:

> 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.

Maybe, but perhaps not "vastly" at this late date and age.  Many 
commercial customers probably maintain large libraries of tapes for 
magazine-feed tape drives.  Show the average guy on the street a 
5.25" drive and he's likely to think it's a new type of DVD unit.

The number of classic computer enthusiasts is a very small portion of 
the overall computer-using community.

--Chuck