THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700





January 25, 1999                                                                     02 05 02 61 99012501



Ms. Stacy Ludwig
Customer Rep
Technical Support
Exabyte Corporation
1685 38th Street
Boulder, CO  80301

Subject:  Tape defective
Dear Stacy, This confirms our telecon this morning. Please fix or replace the enclosed defective 112M Exabyte tape. Can you advise what causes these tapes to fail in the manner that occurred here? You can call or send email at rowelch@ibm.net.

Thanks.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch


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