Comment by leptons

Bullshit. There are plenty of working LTO5 drives for cheap on ebay.

$159 https://www.ebay.com/itm/286135602395 tested, working

$150 https://www.ebay.com/itm/267042154733

$120 https://www.ebay.com/itm/286121532918 - fully working

$179 https://www.ebay.com/itm/267036935814 - tested, working

Go troll somewhere else.