> I would be interested in hearing if anyone out there is using the 3590 "K"
> (Extended High Performance tape) tape.
> How long have you been using them?  Have you experienced any problems with
> them?  Are you using IBM or another brand?   What price range can I expect
> to pay for them?

We have been using them since 6/25.  We have 300 3M K tapes.  No prolems
at all.  We paid around $60/each, including labeling and initialization,
although the vendor did properly label then internally for AIX/ADSM, as I
had to label them all.

Steve Roder, University at Buffalo
VM Systems Programmer
UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX)
ADSM Administrator
(tkssteve AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564 | 
http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)