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From: bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM (Bruce Lilly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: dump and Exabyte Drives
Message-ID: <1990Jul17.170322.8887@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM>
Date: 17 Jul 90 17:03:22 GMT
References: <10543@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Sony Communications Products Company, Teaneck, NJ
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In article <10543@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> rogerj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) writes:
>So, the tapes are SONY 120Ps and the ExaByte manual says the drive is capable
>of writing "linear recording density = 43200 bits/inch"
> 
>As for feet of tape length, we have asked everyone including the mail
>order house where the tapes were bought, NO ONE seesm to know how many
>feet of tape come on a 120 tape! The actual model number of the tape is
>"P6-120MP" for "Metal Particle". If anyone knows how long these tapes
>are can they post an answer? Thanks.

Consumer 8mm NTSC video is recorded at 1.43 cm/s at standard play
speed. Therefore a 120 minute tape contains 1.43 * 1.2 * 60
meters of tape. The multiplication and units conversion are left
as an exercise for the reader...

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