At  07:24 AM 1/19/01, Doug Werth wrote:
>Ah, but for the good old days when you would cut off the spot on the tape
>most often used, put a new BOT marker on, and use it again.    :-)

Hmmmm...  Let's see:

DLTtapeIV half inch cartridge = 80GB
2400' reel with 32KB blocks at 1600 BPI = 42MB

So... 2000 times the capacity, not to mention vastly faster, in a much more
compact storage format. I suspect the reliability specs are noticeably
better too.

Thanks, but I'm going back to the future. (Now where'd I put that Mr.
Fusion?  :)

--
Jeff