Using TK50s as TK70s

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From: Andrew W. Potter
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1988 19:40

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Question:

	Has anyone succeeded in writing a TK50 on a TK70 drive?

I understand that this works if you bulk erase the TK50 to eliminate
the TK50 formatting.  I also understand that the party line from DEC is that
the two tapes have different formulations  making this risky.

My question is:

	Has anyone done this?

	How well does it work?

The reason I ask is that I have crates full of old TK50 distribution media
that is dying to be reused.

	- Andy
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Andrew W. Potter                         Email: awpsys@ritvax.BITNET
Systems Programmer                              awp8101@ritcv.UUCP
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From: awpsys@ultb.UUCP (Andrew W. Potter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms
Subject: Using TK50s as TK70s
Keywords: Tape TK50 TK70 density
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Date: 14 Dec 88 19:40:56 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology (Info Systems)
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