On 11 Apr 1996, Doug Werth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As an aside I remember performing a test logging to a non streaming 7980A > tape drive and the throughput of a batch of transactions went from > something like 10/second to 3 seconds per. On the other hand I can remember in 1981 starting logging on an HP3000 Series III using a 7970 tape drive after hearing various warnings about a minimum ten percent performance hit: The 15+ order entry and A/R clerks never even noticed the change.