[... stories of failed restore from 800bpi tapes snipped...]
 
We had a similar experience.  If you read the fine print hard enough and
realize that something is missing (the documentation doesn't lie, it just
doesn't tell the whole story) the 7970 800bpi tape drive did *not* have a
read-after-write verify during a write operation.  *NO* error checking
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>