I can't talk to 3590 -- but I've been running 360 LTO cartridges through 10
drives for two years now, averaging about 300 GB per tape and over 1.6 TB
per day -- and the DRIVES haven't needed cleaning yet. At this point, anyone
trying to sell me a tape cleaning machine will get escorted to the door and
instructed to not come back.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

-----Original Message-----
From: Pearson, Dave [mailto:DCPearson AT SNOPUD DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:11 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Cleaning Machine for 3590 cartridges


Thank Richard,

I take it that you company do not use these model 3599 cleaning machine?
Back int the "old days" we had a cleaning machine for the old "round wheels"
tape. But since the cartridge came out, there wasn't a cleaning maching
then.
I was hoping to get information from other if they do use a cleaning machine
for their cartridge and is it worth it or if not, why?

Dave Pearson


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:47 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Cleaning Machine for 3590 cartridges
>
> >IBM 3599 is not a machine, but so called "machine type / model" for
> >ordering any Magstar cartridges. ...
>
> The original posting was overly limited in information, and I found the
bitmap
> attachment unprocessable; but I think the reference was to:
>
> 3599                                    A product from Bow Industries for
>                                         cleaning and retensioning 3590
tape
>                                         cartridges.
>                                         www.bowindustries.com/3599.htm
>   Richard Sims, BU
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