Hi Cheryl,
Many jurisidctions have, in the last few years, made putting tapes into the trash illegal. It is that way where I am. When we dispose of old tape we have to send it to an eWaste company. We de-installed our last drives capable of writing to 3480 several years ago. Our tapes had been in heavy use for years, so they got shredded - cheaper than erasing the data off of them. Since your tapes are empty, and If no one on the list wants them, you might try eBay. I have seen reels and 3480 tapes sell there a number of times. Some might buy some for souvenirs and others to use. The main thir d party maintenance vendors may have customers who want them - and would probably pick them up. There are also the used equipment vendors who might be interested. As for the racks, what size, what capacity? I would like to have something I can put on a shelf. :) Thanks, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Watson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 7:38:19 AM Subject: Old blank tape cartridges I have 50 or so blank, unused, 3480 cartridges from 2005 (IMATION - 3M Royal Guard 3480, 210 MB). Are they only worthy of the dump at this point? If you want to ship, they come with storage racks. ;-) Thanks, Cheryl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
