Jim Rankin wrote:
> I intend to query Colorado/Travan to see if there's
> any hope that reformatting an older tape, such as a
> TR-3, on any of their larger new drives, will allow
> write access to the tape. If I get any positive
> solutions, I'll feed them back here. If anyone else
> has such info, please feed it in!
I can respond to this directly. None of the drives will utilize, in any
form, a TR-3 (QIC 3020) tape for any purpose besides reading. And even
then, it's a function of the company's dedicated software.
We have direct partnerships with HP/Colorado, Sony, Tecmar (now owns
Ditto and is part of Overland Data), OnStream, Seagate, and Tandberg.
We are also very familiar with the deceased technologies in the Travan
realm from Archive, Mountain, Exabyte, and Aiwa.
When a tape holds 3GB and a harddisk holds 13GB, tape vendors have to
work very hard to keep up. As such, old technologies (in the lower
price ranges) are often abandoned and orphaned. However, by utilizing
what the market refers to as "real" tape technology (DAT, SLR, DLT, AIT,
Mammoth), growth potential remains valid because the mechanisms were
designed from the start for expansion and compatibility down the road.
It's not possible to engineer a low cost drive with these qualifications
in mind.
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Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vice President http://www.estinc.com/
Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. (602) 470-1115
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