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From: alan@mq.UUCP (Alan H. Mintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: various tape capacities
Keywords: TK70, TK50, 1/2"
Message-ID: <50@mq.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 90 17:42:51 GMT
References: <1806@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
Organization: Micro-Quick Systems, Inc.
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In article <1806@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, tim@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Timothy Owen Lesniak) writes:
> each of the availabe media can hold.  Can anyone out there
> tell me how much the following will hold (in megabytes):
> 
> TK70
> TK50
> 1/2" (reel-to-reel on a TU81 at 6250 bpi)
> 

From the DEC Systems/Options Catalog (March 1990):

TK70 - 296 Mb (Formatted)
TK50 - 95/96 Mb (Formatted) (I guess they can't decide which :-)
TU81 - 145 Mb @ 2400' @ 6250bpi
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