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From: olson@anchor.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
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Subject: Re: QIC150/QIC-120 Differences (Was: Writing Low Density Tapes from a Personal Iris
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Date: 8 Apr 90 02:28:06 GMT
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In article <9004060833.aa05518@VIM.BRL.MIL> ferry@BRL.MIL (Michael Ferry, VLD/IBAB) writes:

| 	John, Please forward me a copy of your previous post. Thanks!
| 	I called 3M and requested info on the differences between the 
| 	two cartridges.  The ID/REV of the DC600 is 5A and of the DC6150
| 	(DC600XTD) is B4.  The load-point hole for the 600 is at 48 inches,
...
| 	By the way, is DC600XTD an SGI-OEM designation
| 	for the DC6150 cartridge?  It is not listed on any of the info 
| 	I received from 3M.

DC600XTD is the older name for the DC6150 cartridge.  I suspect part
of the reason for the name change was to establish in customers minds
that this really is a different cartridge type from the 600A.

	Dave Olson

Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.