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

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From: Toerless Eckert
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:07

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phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) writes:

>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.

I thought the Pioneer 96khz recording DAT can use them too, but i may
be wrong.
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From: eckert@delos.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Toerless Eckert)
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Subject: Re: DAT tape availability: what's the deal???
Date: 21 Oct 1995 14:07:41 GMT
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