never owned an auto load drive.... nor do I want to! always afraid of anything autoload....things getting eaten! Ed# In a message dated 6/9/2015 2:54:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, d...@msu.edu writes:
> foam blocks ... hated the things we just tucked one end of the tape > under the tape ring and snapped it shut seems things stayed in place > nicely and no foam outgassing under the seal of the tape ring. Those of us with autoload drives despised you. :) Well, ok, the 3420 drives probably did ok regardless; you do get something for the money (and mass) of a blue drive. The Cipher streamers often choked on these, though. De
