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From: norsk@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Douglas Thompson)
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Subject: 8MM capacity (was Re: DAT versus 8mm Tape)
Keywords: 8MM capacity
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Date: 27 Nov 90 01:14:03 GMT
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I haven't played with the SUN based 8MM driver, but I have examined
the Exabyte manual. My question is what is the standard max size of
data that can be backup on the largest tape cartridge?

I see there are P6-120 tapes which hold 2,292 Mbytes of data and there
are P5-90 cartridges which hold 2,413 Mbytes of data. Does the drive
auto sense these? How does one get the 2,413 Mbytes selected? Does the
SUN driver default to 2.3 Gb?

The curious want to know.

norsk@eecs.cs.pdx.edu