Re: QIC Tape Lengths and Capacity

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From: Lawrence Kirby
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <827950612snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:

>I could do with some clarification on QIC format tapes and lengths.
>
>Take a Wangtek 5150EQ drive. There are 600A and 6150 and bigger tapes. The
>5150EQ is an 18 track drive which gets 150MB out of a DC600 tape (?). Some
>of the tapes I have are labelled 60MB others 150. Does this just reflect
>the change from 9 to 18 track drive?

That drive can write 120MB to a 600A and 150MB to a 6150.

>I also have a couple of tapes labelled 512MB? Does this mean I can get that
>much on using a QT-250e drive (which actually has a 5150EQ inside!)?

That sounds like a 6525 tape. You need a 5525 Wangtek drive to write full
capacity to that. The 5150EQ may work with it but you'll only get about
250MB. Unless the drive is designed for the longer tape it may cause
head wear problems.

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