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Re: New tape technology: VXA?
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Mark Klein <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 9 Jul 1999 09:45:31 -0700
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>Anyway, has anyone heard anything about this company, or it's VXA tape
>products? I'd be interested in hearing anything. The URL to visit for
>information is vxatape.com (no leading www. !!)

The one comment I'll make is directly from their literature:

"In a real-life face-off, the VXA-1 drive performed at more than twice the
transfer
rate of DDS-3 and nearly equaled DLT 7000. "

That being the case, I would choose the DLT 7000 without further thought.

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