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From: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer)
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Subject: Difference between DC-2000 and QD-2000 tapes?
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Date: 4 Jul 90 04:11:18 GMT
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Can QD-2000 tape cartidges be used in tape drives that were designed
to accept DC-2000 cartidges? It looks to me as if all Sony tape
formats start with 'QD', and they don't have any 'DC' formats
e.g. QD-600, and that they are actually identical to the 'DC' formats
(since I didn't see 'QD' formats with any other manufacturer).
But - I better be sure before I spend a fortune on tape cartidges.
If DC and QD are indeed the same, I deplore the confusion Sony is
creating with the labelling of their cartidges.

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Peter Dotzauer, Analyt.Cart.& GIS, Dept.of Geogr., OSU, Columbus, OH 43210-1361
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