After having gone through several of these little buggers, I wonder if
there's any alternative to just throwing them out... Can they (HPC1503Bs)
be repaired once they stop working (I assume the heads wear out as we do
tend to go through a good number of tapes...:-) ).

If they can be repaired/reconditioned, anyone out there do it - or know
someone that does?

If not, any good sources for bulk purchases of them? ;-) Or are there
cheaper alternatives that'll write the standard HP DDS formats?

             TIA,
              Chris Bartram


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