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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2



                   CONSENT OF PERSON ABOUT TO BECOME DIRECTOR

         As a person who has not signed the registration statement of Exabyte
Corporation on Form S-4 for shares to be issued in the merger with Ecrix
Corporation but who is named therein as about to become a director, I hereby
consent to the inclusion of such information and my name in the registration
statement.


                                                  /s/ G. Jackson Tankersley, Jr.
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                                                  G. Jackson Tankersley, Jr.