Mark Landin wrote:

>Now I *have* heard some chatter on comp.sys.hp.hpux by Bill Hassell (I
>think) about what happens when you mix 90-m and 120-m tapes. It seems
>the tape mechanism or electronics need time to "adapt" to a media type
>when you've been using a different media type.

Hmmmmm.  "Adapting" electro-mechanical products?  HP has come a long 
way.  What's next?  Tape cloning? :-)

I'm sorry, but this sounds like so much equine fertilizer to me.  If 
the tape drive can handle a 120M tape, then why not a 90M tape?  But, 
hey, if it can "adapt" to 90M tapes then why not 8-track tapes?

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