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- From: laszlo@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Laszlo Nemeth)
- Subject: Re: Tape Cleaning Services
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.233954.17709@colorado.edu>
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, Pizza Disposal Group
- References: <3214@peking.gdwb.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:39:54 GMT
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- In article <3214@peking.gdwb.oz.au>, was@gdwb.oz.au (Warren Stokes) writes:
- |> We have a company wishing to provide us with a tape media cleaning service.
- |> They sent us the following blurb.
- |>
- |> "Tape manufacturers recommend tapes be cleaned regularly as part of a
- |> preventative maintenance programme. Regular cleaning not only removes
- |> erros-causing oxide build-up and debris while restoring correct tape
- |> tension, it also means that degraded tapes can be postively identified
- |> and removed before they spread contamination throughout the system.
- |>
- |> * CLEAN AND RETENSION FREQUENTLY-USED TAPES EVERY SIX MONTHS
- |> * CLEAN AND RETENSION ALL TAPES ONCE A YEAR"
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- NOT!
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- |> My personal opinion is that it is a service that I could do without.
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- cleaning a tape? "hey sam got any more alcohol? i got this tape with
- a bad block i need to clean"
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- |> Any opinions?
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- laz
- i am not a sysadmin i only play on on the net and at my job
-