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.