jin@hropus.UUCP (03/04/87)
I was told a while ago that 3M Black Watch tapes have a nasty tendancy
to pickup contaminants and scratch read/write heads. Because of this
DEC maintenance would not cover damage done to drives by these
tapes. The 3M 700 series tapes *look* just like Black Watch (matte
black color). Are they also in the don't use catagory?
We're not under DEC maintenance so I can't ask them.
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Jerry Natowitz
Bell Labs - HR 1A-247
201-615-5178 (CORNET 295-5178)
ihnp4!hropus!jinauthorplaceholder@gorgo.UUCP.UUCP (03/08/87)
hropus!jin writes: >I was told a while ago that 3M Black Watch tapes have a nasty tendancy >to pickup contaminants and scratch read/write heads. Because of this >DEC maintenance would not cover damage done to drives by these >tapes. The 3M 700 series tapes *look* just like Black Watch (matte >black color). Are they also in the don't use catagory? I don't believe this for a second. I used the Series 700 tapes for two years for daily backups with no ill effects (including head problems). I also found that the error rates on these tapes were consistantly lower than the DEC, Graham, and CDC tapes that I also used. Steve Blasingame (Oklahoma City) ihnp4!occrsh!gorgo!bsteve bsteve@eris.berkeley.edu
boykin@custom.UUCP (Joseph Boykin) (03/08/87)
In article <903@hropus.UUCP>, jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) writes: > I was told a while ago that 3M Black Watch tapes have a nasty tendancy > to pickup contaminants and scratch read/write heads. ..... > The 3M 700 series tapes *look* just like Black Watch. > Are they also in the don't use catagory? Absolutely! I've had a policy for a LONG time that when I see a 3M 700 it immediately goes into the "circular file". This was not something that anyone told me to do, it was from lessons learned the hard way! -- Joe Boykin Custom Software Systems ...{necntc, frog}!custom!boykin