From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Yup, par for the course.

I recall in one of the early Sony literature pieces, and a meeting with
"techs" from Sony, they stated DAT is NOT a professional format,
and at that time, they only guaranteed 100 plays on a tape.

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Glenn M.
"mike"  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:48:53 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"

> wrote:
>
>>That's one of the serious archive issues with the various digital audio
>>formats, long term playability, as well as being able to read the old
>>formats chosen years ago to record with.
>
> A couple of my 10-year old DAT tapes are starting to have drop outs
> (i.e., short mutes).
>
> /m

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