In a message dated 9/10/03 6:38:42 AM, g_alan_e at yahoo.com writes: << DAT is Digital, but it's still Audio Tape. :) >> Mea Culpa; I should have said DDS drive, but most folks know them as DAT drives....same physical format, but DDS tapes have different composition, etc and optimized for data. If you want some SERIOUS storage, look at some of the DDS jukeboxes....think there was an HP which could hold a couple of terabytes of data. Andrew