On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Mark J. Cecil wrote:
> I need to reiterate here that our Q47 has NO problems at all.  The 4000 drives
> seem to be holding up nicely, and the robot is very resilient.  (we JUST

Our reseller has offered us 4000's as an interim solution, so this is
nice to hear.

> I think Breece Hill just doesn't do any mods to the drives to get them to work
> in the library (from a guts standpoint), although I do know that the doors
> are different, with an actuator for the library.  But other than that, I think
> they are stock DLT's without skins.

I'm not so sure, and will ask BreeceHill.  The microcode update tape they
sent me for previous calibration problems would not load onto our "bare"
DLT7000.  Makes me think the library version has been modified in some
way...

> The real problem here is Quantum's inability to admit that their product is
> not as far along the development curve as it would have hoped.  Intead of
> leaving the drive in the labs for a couple more months, they now have an in-
> stall base of dissatisfied 7000 customers...

I am in the process of trying to convince them of their mistake.  Wish me
luck.

Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
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