Re: tlug: DAT tape drive

[Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com>]

> I can't recall having seen DAT tapes that small, and never anywhere near
> that cheap.  The smallest DAT cartridges I've seen are 4 GB, with 8 GB and
I bought a pack of DAT tapes ( 2GB native, 4mm DAT ,DDS, 10
pcs., new, top quality, made by Maxell in Japan ) about a year
ago for DM100 ( 7000 Yen about ) from a store in Hamburg by mail
order.

The 4GB ones are more expensive - aroung DM25 apiece ( about
1800 Yen ). I don't know about bigger ones.

I remember having seen that kind of stuff in the shops in
Osaka's Nippombashi for similar prices.
> 12 GB also being quite common.  If somebody were selling me a DAT tape for
> 500 yen, I would have to assume it to be well used, and even then I'd be
Not for a 2 GB......
> suspicious that maybe something was wrong with it.  Normally, both DAT
> drives and tapes are more expensive, especially drives.  DAT, basically, is
Drives are a bit more expensive, but from a cost per MB view DAT
media prices are unbeatable.
> what you buy if cost is not an object but capacity and speed are.  That's
> why the recommendation that unless you need DAT (and are willing to spend
> for it, I should add), there are good alternatives that will cost less.
Well, drives are cheaper, but media is more expensive...

                                   Karl-Max Wagner
                                   karlmax@example.com
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