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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage
- Subject: Re: Cleaning tape streamers
- Message-ID: <up785h4@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 07:30:19 GMT
- References: <ssurawls.726776249@reading>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <ssurawls.726776249@reading> ssurawls@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Ian Rawlings) writes:
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- | I have an Archive Viper 150 meg tape streamer (DC6150 tapes, SCSI) and am
- | wondering if I will need to clean the thing, if so, how often and how!
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- Archive's recommendation is every 30 hours of tape motion, but most
- people go way past that. There are cleaning cartridge that you
- can buy, but most people use a quality isopropyl alcohol (*not*
- rubbing alcohol!) or 'head cleaning solution' and a cleaning
- swab that doesn't shed lint.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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