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- From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
- Subject: Re: advice on DAT drives
- Message-ID: <BunB61.Ip7@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:39:37 GMT
- References: <Bu5G3C.1Bv@constant.demon.co.uk> <1992Sep9.180015.27628@crd.ge.com> <2AB38451.2915@telly.on.ca>
- Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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- In article <2AB38451.2915@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
- >data-transfer rates than DATs. They're also considerably cheaper than DATs.
- >(Well, the drives are. The 1.3GB media is a bit more expensive than DATs).
-
- How much more expensive? If prices on DC6250 tapes are any guideline,
- the media costs will be *substantially* more expensive for QIC than
- for DAT. A single DC6250 cartridge costs between $23 and $30,
- depending on what brand you buy and how many you buy. DAT tapes, on
- the other hand, cost around $5-$10. A media price difference of
- $10/tape can very quickly eat up a $200-$300 drive price difference if
- you have a medium- to large-sized number of tapes.
-
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