[Veritas-bu] To ensure overwrites

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 03:53:47PM -0600, John_Wang AT enron DOT net spake unto 
the multitudes:
>      - Degaussing an AIT tape requires about two to three hours of wait time
> before the tape is usable (chip scrambled etc.)

Are you sure about that? Our 'degauss' situation is for the same reason - mail. 
The tapes we are degaussing are DTF-2, and there is no lag due to the chip on 
them...

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