mjb%hoosier.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Mark Bradakis) (03/16/90)
In article <5570386@hpfcdc.HP.COM> paulp@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Paul Perlmutter) writes: > 4mm with fast-search will require a few minutes. Just what is this fast search? Is it part of the DDS standard? Or is it something that may or may not be existing in various vendors' software and hardware products? > 4mm takes no data space for tape marks, and error > recovery is light years ahead of 8mm. How big is a light year here? I don't know much about the new 4mm stuff, and would like to know more. Paul's posting was vey informative, even without some specific numbers. mjb. mjb@hoosier.utah.edu "Tell the truth, explain to me how you got this need for speed."