[CLUE-Tech] DDS / DAT Tape Drives

[David Willson]

Great news, thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
[mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Dan Harris
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:28 AM
To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] DDS / DAT Tape Drives

Yes, my 24GB drive still reads/writes to the old 90m DDS-1 tapes just fine.

-Dan Harris

David Willson wrote:
>
> Does anyone know whether DAT drives are downward compatible?  For example,
> can a DDS-1 cartridge be read from and/or written to by a DDS-2 drive?
> Reason I ask:  My DDS-1 drive has failed, but I have about a hundred
> cartridges for it.  I don't want to have to replace both right away, but I
> also don't want to put money (any money) into another DDS-1 drive.