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What's so great about tape?
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September 4th 03, 10:11 AM
idunno
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 03:50:23 +0000 (UTC),
(Peter da
Silva) wrote:
In article ,
idunno wrote:
My experience with tape is very limited and very different. Around
1995 I got a Conner Travan drive that had a floppy interface (I
used
Stop right there.
The Travan drives, particularly the floppy based ones, were foul
beyond
belief. If DAT is the "jalopy" of tape drives, Travan is the "Barbie
Ferrari"
of tape drives. It looks like a drive, and you can even kinds use it
as one,
slowly, in small pieces. But it's little better than a toy by
comparison
even with traditionally "poor" drives like (say) TU58.
I'm not kidding. The quality of the Travan drives really was that far
behind even inexpensive professional drives. If someone tried to sell
a
car as badly made as the Travan tape drive they'd be put in jail,
even in
Eastern Europe they'd have been put in jail, back in the depths of
the
Warsaw Pact. They're that bad.
Amen.
I haven't touched tape since.
No wonder. That's like being taken to a greasy spoon and getting
salmonella
and assuming that's a typical American dining experience.
After getting salmonella things like runny eggs, Steak Tartar, and
sushi aren't all that appetizing - even if the sushi IS from Nubu.
idunno