[Info-vax] TK50 - this is annoying... (comment)

[Paul Sture]

In article <k53r54$k9l$1 at dont-email.me>,
 "Charles Richmond" <numerist at aquaporin4.com> wrote:

> "Paul Sture" <nospam at sture.ch> wrote in message 
> news:nospam-CB8909.20400109102012 at news.chingola.ch...
> > In article <lrnienmSPixf at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> > koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:
> >
> >> In article <k512lf$nei$1 at dont-email.me>, "Charles Richmond"
> >> <numerist at aquaporin4.com> writes:
> >> > ISTM that the TK50 has *always* been annoying and is a **&Y#( piece of
> >> > junk!!!  Just my opinion, you understand...
> >> >
> >>
> >>    The first TKs I had were all 72s, then someone "gave" us an older
> >>    system with a 50 in it.  Gee, what a downgrade, not just in capacity.
> >
> > I seem to be the only one here who liked TK50s.
> >
> > But then I mainly used them for my VAXstation 2000.  I wasn't using them
> > for large volumes of data.
> >
> 
> ISTR that "back in the day", the TK50 cartridges were *very* expensive...
> 

I recall a price somewhere between 20 and 30 GBP apiece in 1990.  My 
first order was for 11, because it took me into the discount band for 
11-20. :-)

DLT-IV tapes gave me price sticker shock.  In 2000 I was quoted 
something like 100 USD apiece, and that is why I chose to buy a DAT 
drive.  If I had known I was going to be offered a box full of the 
things for free a couple of years later, I would have sprung for a DLT 
drive (at something like 30% more than the cost of the DAT).

-- 
Paul Sture