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Re: HPe3000 restores: 01/01/2007 and later
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:58:08 -0400
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At 09:51 AM 10/4/2002 -0500, Michael Anderson wrote:
>I see no reason why your HP3000 wouldn't be able to process those
>requests. It should still be usable way pass 2009, BITS DON'T WARE-OUT!,

But old tapes do become unreadable, old hardware just sitting around does
become unreliable (even with occassional pats on the "head"), the
procedures and processes do become lost. Leonard has raised a real concern,
which holds even if your vendor hasn't announced the EOS for whatever
platform you are using.



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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
313 N. 1st Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.northtech.com/

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