Thanks, John. I wasn't sure of the circumstances; just a somewhat clear memory of DCK's on 3480's. Everyone else was so clear to the contrary that I just had to do a sanity check. It's good to know that I'm still somewhat sane.
My best to you, John. Good to hear from you ;-) Scott T. Harder Mainframe Services, Inc. Naples, FL > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of John Kington > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:07 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape > > Scott, > > >I have to chime in to the contrary. I seem to remember many data check > >errors on 3480 cart media. Am I the only one? > > Spencer hit it on the head. The only significant problem with 3480 tapes > was due to faulty media produced by BASF. > > Regards, > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html