> >
> > new are really expensive about 1000$ for DDS-3 drive
>
> Okay, okay... It seems I didn't search to carefully. Just half a day
> looking more closely showed me two shops which offered the HP C1554C.
> It's a DDS-3 drive with 12 GB real capacity (24 GB compressed). One
> shop wanted 761 EUR, the other approx. 680 EUR. And that's the price
> for a new drive.

cheap. in poland about 800-1000$

> It seems, that I have finally found my backup solution. :-)

quite expensive. used DDS-2 device can be bought for 300-350PLN (<100$)