We just upgraded from a C1503B DDS to a C1504B DDS2, supposedly.  Do
these "little babies" support 120m tapes?  So far, we haven't seen any
marked improvement in the upgrade.

C'est la vie.

Roby

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Trudeau [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 3:39 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: 120M Tapes In DDS-2 -Reply
>
> Howdy,
>
> <a bunch of good stuff from Sr Toback regarding media
>   and tape drive head wear patterns snipped>
>
> Yep, different media can cause different wear patterns.
>
> I don't have the owner's/user's manuals for our DAT drives
> handy, but I guarantee there is no mention of compatibility
> problems dealing with different lengths of media.  So being
> as how a 7980 manual wasn't deliverd with our spiffy new
> drives and there is a media compatiblity problem...........
> what pray tell is a poor country boy to do?  Which I guess
> is Jim Phillips question which started this thread.
>
> jt