James Perrett wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:18 +0100, Don Pearce wrote:

David Looser wrote:
I've never had any problems with MDs.
On the other hand my RDATs.........:-(
David.


Or even normal DAT. I once made the error of using a 120 minute tape
to save me the bother of changing it mid-performance. Big mistake.


120 minute DAT tapes used the same thickness of tape as shorter lengths
so they should be just as reliable as shorter tapes. Or are you mixing
up minutes with metres? 120 minutes = 60 metres of tape. You can buy 90
metre tapes which are intended for computer DAT drives and possibly longer.

Cheers

James.


Can't remember - but whatever it was, it was thinner than the normal stuff.

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