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From: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: 6157-002 tape drive - is it compatible with anything?
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Date: 13 Nov 89 16:17:20 GMT
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Ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) writes:
> Uri@gondor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
>
>Uri> From article by luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner):
>> 
>> If I recall correctly, and I'll check tonight, a -002 *can* read tapes 
>> written by a -001, but not the other way around. (And there is no way
>> to make a -002 write tapes in such a way that a -001 can read them).
>
>Uri> OK, another question from the same group (:-). Can ANYTHING in the
>Uri> Universe (except another RT, or another 6157-002 :-) *read* the tape
>Uri> written by a -002 ? Is it QIC-???, or what?
>

[I didn't answer earlier because someone already posted the correct answer.
 But now that someone posted the wrong answer... :-). ]

The 6157-002 writes either QIC-120 or QIC-150, depending on the tape.

The older drives don't know how to read that. The -002 drives *can* read
tapes written by a -001.

	-- David