John Korb writes:

>Regarding the C1511A 1.3 GB DAT drive with HPIB interface which I believe
>hasn't been manufactured for some years, I'm trying to find out:
>
>   1) if it is available on the used equipment market

Yes.

>   2) how much it costs

I paid $200 for the last one I bought.

>   5) any helpful hints (other than "you must use 60m tapes")

Get two if you intend to use them for longer than a day or so. They're
*very* unreliable. I have one that eats tapes whole, and another one that
chews them up first and then eats them. I use the latter one for
day-to-day operations since I can usually cajole it into giving the tape
back with just a wrinkle or two, as long as I promise it a full meal
later. (I feed it my old cleaning cartridges for full meals, since those
don't leave oxide residue on its teeth. I recently added another device
class for it; we now use

    :FILE TAPE;DEV=AUDREY2

for backups. So far (knock on wood), it hasn't gotten any bigger.)

-- Bruce


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