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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: QIC tape formats?
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Date: 17 Oct 90 13:44:59 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.213140.359@bclwn.bcl.co.nz> chris@bcl.co.nz (Chris Mackerell) writes:
>What QIC formats can the 1/4" tape drive on a Tower write?

Having just met this one...At least my XP, which is rated at 45 meg for a
450-foot tape, does QIC-120. I've read tapes destined for it on QIC-150
drives on a SPARCStation SLC and an IBM RS/6000, and read and written them
on an IBM PC/RT (which uses the same Cipher transport as my Tower, curiously
enough). If your tape drive does 120 meg (or whatever...much greater than 60),
then it's QIC-150.
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