You may not be the ONLY one, but rather one of the very few. Storage
conditions may have had a lot to do with your error rate. Also drive
maintenance, cleaning, etc.
Rick
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Scott T. Harder wrote:
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?
Scott T. Harder
Mainframe Services, Inc.
Naples, FL
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I haven't seen a bona-fide tape I/O error since my shop installed 3480
drives, lo these many years ago. What's this guy smoking? Whatever it
is, I'm sure it's illegal! :-)
Rick
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