CompuServe Messages

Paul, I would think with a base of 2500 SyQuest drives installed it tells me there are lots of employees using them. 🙂 So that also makes me think a lot of these employees are not using them properly, shutting off the computer before the cart spools down or during writes, maybe ejecting the carts before heads get parked or while still spooling down. I'd look at the operation of the equipment before place the blame. If everyone working on them is innocent of abuse, then I'd be upset too. Perhaps it is also time for your friend's company to start begin a (re-)education program on the proper use and care of removable media devices. I'd also examine the firmware version of each unit. With such a large installed base I'd guess some are early versions. I've heard these have some problems. It would be best to upgrade those to the latest revision. I haven't had the pleasure of using a Bernoulli. They sound nice. If I didn't have a large investment carts I might have considered it but the Bernoulli was more $$$ when I bought my first SyQ. Christopher