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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/10/2012 8:53 AM, Charles Richmond 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...

Everything DEC sold was *very* expensive!

I think it was company policy.