On Sun, 22 May 2005, Arno Lehmann wrote:
Replace the cartridge. Clean the drive. Hold your thumbs :-)
mt retension sometimes helps, as does storing the tapes on their edge
instead of flat (it keeps the tape "pancake" even)
I did that 1 week ago. Why do I need to clean the drive that often? I
should think about buying more reliable hardware...
In a word - DUST
DDS is highly susceptable to dust and the tapes are prone to stretching
and heat damage that wider formats just shrug off and ignore (even AIT
works a lot better and it's not much wider).
Yes. Worked wonders for me.
In fact, with a limited budget I found that a used DLT system is more
reliable than a new DDS one... of course, I didn't try that dozens of times,
but until now this was always the right choice.
Agree 100%. DDS isn't very reliable...
AB
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