On Tuesday 17 September 2002 6:41 pm, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > We bought a Benchmark DLT drive for $1400 + VAT. It's lasted about 6 > months. (one tape a day, 5 days a week. Not IMHO very reliable. Now Perhaps you were just unlucky ... I've got one working on a work system with much the same duty cycle and had no problems for at least a year.