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From: alan@mq.UUCP (Alan H. Mintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: various tape capacities
Keywords: TK70, TK50
Message-ID: <51@mq.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 90 17:46:53 GMT
References: <1806@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <6491@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> <6215@hub.ucsb.edu>
Organization: Micro-Quick Systems, Inc.
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In article <6215@hub.ucsb.edu>, hbo@sbphy.ucsb.edu..ucsb.edu (Howard B Owen) writes:
>    I vaguely recall someone claiming that TK50 cartridges could be used
> at TK70 densities...

From what I've heard, this is the same think as using DD diskettes as 
HD diskettes. You can do it, but is the extra risk to your data (especially
on BACKUP MEDIA) really worth the savings ?

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