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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/09/06 18:25
In article <s7ntj2hd6j8l5mlkfeng4vm5hpu517mi5d@4ax.com>,
JoeBloe <joebloe@nosuchplace.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:50:03 -0400, Kimba W. Lion <KimbaWLion> Gave
>us:
>
>>Bill <ws@ws.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Maxell became a favorite, as
>>>even their standard Beta L-750 tape showed visibly less noise than
>>>standard Sony or Fuji blanks did at the time, especially in the Beta III
>>>mode.
>>
>>That's my problem... I bought mostly Sony tapes. Silly me.
>>Although they seemed fine when new, they developed tremendous dropouts in a
>>few years, and even clogged up the heads.
>
>
> You guys are sick pups talking about magnetic tape storage mediums in
>such a modern, high bandwidth realm. :-]
For data storage 1TB tape backup beats virtually all removeable
media in terms of cost, convenience, and reliability.
> My tapes are in a box somewhere. Good riddance.
And what about things on tape that have never made it to DVD.
I'm still transfering many that have never shown up on new media.
Heck, I even have 78's that never made it to LPs, let along LPs
that never made it to CDs.
Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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