Re: DAT tape availability: what's the deal???

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From: Paul Rubin
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 18:55

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In article <45u0ie$3uo@gazette.medtronic.com>,
Charles M. Robinson <cr0100@medtronic.COM> wrote:
>On my brother's DAT drive, at "regular" speed, 120m means both meters AND 
>minutes.  Cool, huh?  

Yeah, but wrong.  120 minute audio DAT's are 60 meters.
The only DAT machines that can use 120 meter tapes are
DDS-2 data drives.  120 meter DAT tapes should NEVER
be used in audio machines.

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