At 20:44 -0500 12/16/02, Richard Sims wrote:
There's a surprising amount of inconsistency as to the length of Ultrium tape, as reported by various vendors - despite the supposed industry standard. HP quotes 580 meters; others 609 or 610 meters (2000 feet).
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to find out how long an Imation Ultrium tape is, thanks to one of the drives in our 3584 library
http://jms.cc.uky.edu/Fun/ltotape.jpg After the CE removed the tape from the drive, he also had to replace the drive. I just love this new technology, instead of that boring old mainframe stuff that just worked and didn't give us challenges like this. -- Matt Simpson -- OS/390 Support 219 McVey Hall -- (859) 257-2900 x300 University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mainframe -- An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's.
