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- From: greeves@Edm.Arco.COM (Gayle Reeves - PRC C6609)
- Subject: Re: Lifetime of Exabyte tape?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.212904.17723@Arco.COM>
- Originator: greeves@kahuna
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- Organization: ARCO Exploration and Production Technology
- References: <1992Sep1.192626.5134@ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:29:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep1.192626.5134@ctr.columbia.edu>, stevens@madvlsi.columbia.edu (Andy Stevens) writes:
- |> Hi, I would like to know how many times I can record on an 8mm Exabyte
- |> tape before it starts becoming unreliable. Is it 10 times? 20 times?
- |> Anybody?
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- |> --andy s.
- |>
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- Well, as with many things in life, there probably is not an answer to your question.
- I have used and am still using tapes that have 50+ recordings on them. I have had
- a few tapes that stopped working after just a few recordings.
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- Your mileage may vary.....
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