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From: robl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Luursema)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Helical scan tape vs QIC
Keywords: QIC DAT 8mm
Message-ID: <1072@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 7 Dec 90 12:51:32 GMT
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In article <1990Dec4.194504.28493@com50.c2s.mn.org> chris@com50.c2s.mn.org (Chris Johnson) writes:
>...
>On the other hand, if someone could provide a 6+ gigabyte QIC tape cartridge
>with 250 kilobyte per second average data transfer time, and sell the tapes
>...
Have you ever calculated how much time it would cost to write that 6Gb?
Well, I have; Almost 7 hours! (if you can supply continously 250KBps)

We definitly need higher transfer rates, but I doubt that with current
days DMA contructions.


Rob.