Our old 4-tape Sony AIT-2 library bit the dust. I would have loved to get a LTO2 library, but, well, everyone's trying to save money these days, including the company. So, I found an awesome deal on Ebay for a Sony Lib-81 8-cartridge AIT2 autoloader ($100 including shipping!)
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