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From: operator@cs.exeter.ac.uk (Sue Charles)
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Subject: Advice on change of tape drive please.
Message-ID: <OPERATOR.90Nov20104952@expya.cs.exeter.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Nov 90 10:49:52 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science Dept. - University of Exeter. UK
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We at the moment have a QIC-11 tape drive on our sun and are backing up
onto 3M DC300A -300ft Tapes
	DC300XL/P 450ft Tapes
	DC600A 600ft Tapes   using the maximum tape capacity.

In the new year we will be installing a QIC-150 drive.

Which (if any) of the above tapes would I still be able to use
read ,read/write.

Or is it a case of scrapping the lot! and using the new 150mbytes
data tapes.

If any one has a past experience of the above scenario I would be
grateful to hear it.

thanks

SUE.