On Thu, 5 Mar 1998 13:31:41 -0700, John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Never heard anything of the sort.  Besides, if you are using media
>approved by the mfr and have a support agreement, who cares?

Because a support agreement won't help get the data off of a bad tape
written to by a worn tape mechanism. Sure, you can get the drive
replaced, but the data you wrote before then may be lost.

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