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From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: tape drive test
Message-ID: <5727@acorn.co.uk>
Date: 11 Mar 91 18:10:01 GMT
References: <9103100603.AA07359@hpcsbg.col.hp.com>
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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In article <9103100603.AA07359@hpcsbg.col.hp.com> bdale@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee) writes:
>I'm interested enough in the real answer as to whether the CSC drives will
>behave acceptably with 60mb tapes that I'm tempted to buy one and try it.
>Does anyone have any *real* information about this specific drive's behavior
>to offer?  Or is the experiment, costly at quantity one drive pricing, worth
>doing?  My HP9000/350 at home talks SCSI CCS tape, so would be a good test.
>
>Bdale

The stuff I posted came from Archive's product manual - you'll have to buy one
to find out if it's accurate !
In case that posting got lost, here's the meat of it again :


	Feature			Specification
				2060S			2125S

	Capacity		60 Mb			125 Mb
	(formatted, using 600ft tape cartridge)

	Track format		9-track serpentine	15-track serpentine

	Flux density		10,000 ftpi		12,500 ftpi

	Data density		8,000 bpi		10,000 bpi

	Avg. transfer rate	90 kB/sec		112.5 kB/sec

	Burst transfer rate, 	1.25Mb/sec		1.25MB/sec	
	max

	Recording format	QIC-24			QIC-120

	Read compatibility	QIC-24			QIC-24



The spec says :

	2060S	ANSI X3B5/85-138	3M DC600A	read/write QIC24
		ANSI BSR X3.127		3M DC300XL	read/write QIC24


	2125S	ANSI X3B5/85-138	3M DC600A	read/write QIC120
							read only  QIC24
		ANSI BSR X3.127		3M DC300XL	read only  QIC24

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Adrian Godwin                                        (agodwin@acorn.co.uk)