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> Is it really worth it to upgrade instead of replace them? We have 2 7880s
> that are 7 years old. We had used them for daily backups on our series 70,
> but stopped that 2 years ago when up moved up to a 967 and now use DAT for
> backups. I had been assuming that we would be better served by buying a
> new 7980 with SCSI (we only need 1 now). Anyone care to comment?
 
Richard,
 
I agree with you, and we use DDS virtually everywhere.  Further we are in
progress of converting our 1/2" tapes to DDS using XOVER.
 
So why do we still need the 7980's???  Simple answer, many of the parties we
deal with do not have DDS technology, nor plan to go to it in the near future.
These parties range from banks, federal/state/local governmental agencies, and
third-party vendors.
 
Regards,
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