On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Often the same device is sold under many brand name plates. I don't think > Sun manufactures any tape drives and Sears doesn't make any dishwashers. > They just relabel/repackage others products. > > And often a library/changer sold by one company uses a "standard" tape drive > from another company. All tapetype cares about is the drive, not the changer.
Yes. But often that "standard tape drive" has custom firmware installed for use in the library/changer. Which makes it non-standard in terms of ordering and pricing. -Mitch
