Re: Cost of tape drives

[David Duerr <dduerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The cost of adding an 8mm tape drive (plus the 2 required adapter cards)  to our
600e nearly doubled the hardware cost.  I find that absolutely absurd.  Even our
agent was appalled. I am currently looking at other vendor solutions.  Why does
IBM continue to shot the AS/400 in the foot by making stupid little mistakes 
like
this, that draws the ire of their customers and disproportionately diminishes 
the
excellence of the AS/400.

John Bussert wrote:

> Is it just me, or is there something wrong when the tape drive you buy is a
> substantial part of the cost of the new e series?
>
> John Bussert
> jbussert@stecnet.com
> Swift Technologies, Inc.
> 847-289-8339
>
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