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Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.COM) wrote:

: This is NOT true.

: DC600A tapes will be written in 120MB (QIC-120) format.  The drive can READ
: data written in 30 and 60MB format, however, it will write on 60MB tapes
: with a capacity of 120MB (I don't know about the 30MB format; it may not be
: able to write on those; I've never tried it).

I never had much luck with using DC600A 10000ftpi (or flux changes/inch)
tapes in my Archive 2150S. How about a possible difference between a
_blank_ DC600A and one that has been already magically written at QIC-120?

Other than that has someone tried using a DC6150 tape in a 60MB streamer?

I guess that with the small difference in spec between a DC600A and a DC6150
tape (10000ftpi versus 12500 ftpi) many more recent DC600A tapes may be
DC6150 tapes in disguise. Why keep up two separate production lines?
If the customer pays for a fancier sticker that is his problem :-)

The tapes are just as wide, only the DC6150 has an additional tape guide
next to the capstan for better guiding reliability to allow cramming on
18 tracks in stead of 15.

: It will write:

: 120MB (QIC120 format on DC600A tapes)
: 150MB (DC6150 tapes, QIC150)
: 250MB (DC6250 tapes, identical to QIC150 but on extended length media)

I'll give it another try. Can get many DC600A tapes...

: All this is from first-hand experience with the drive over a space of nearly
: seven years.  It is still going strong; one of the best pieces of hardware I
: have ever owned.

  Agreed! Works perfectly under ESIX.
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