Re: Cartridge tape format standards

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From: Martin Weiss
Date: Tue, 24 May 1988 16:29

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QIC stands for "Quarter Inch Committee".  I am not sure whether QIC is an
Accredited Standards Committee or not.  I refer you to an article by W.L. Rosh
in PC Magazine, 6/23/87 v.6 # 12.  I extract the following from my notes:

QIC40:

20 tracks over the width of the tape, each containing 2Mbyte of data.  Each
track consists of 68 segments of 29 sectors, each containing 1024bytes.  FAT
lists the bad sectors.  Recording done using modified FM - "double density" at
10Kbits/inch.  Drives run at 25 or 50 ips.

QIC100:

12-24 tracks. has less stringent compliance requirements than QIC40.


Manufacturers:

QIC40:

Archive Corp.
Costa Mesa CA
714/641-0279

Mountain Computer
Scotts Valley CA
800/458-0300

QIC100:
Advanced Digital Information Corp.
Redmond WA
800/336-1233

Tallgrass Technologies
Overland Park KS
800/228-3475


I hope this helps.

--Martin Weiss

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