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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Differences between DC600A, DC6150, DC6250 tape cartridges
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.100921.12788@panix.uucp>
Date: 27 Jun 91 10:09:21 GMT
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In article <16763@gdc.portal.com> lee@gdc.portal.com (Seng-Poh Lee, Gen DataComm, +1 203 758-1811) writes:
>Are DC600A 600' tapes the largest that can be used on QIC-60 tape drives?
>I see DC6150, DC6250 tapes advertised that can store 150 and 250 Megabytes
>compared to the 60 Megabytes of the DC600A.
>
>What are the differences between DC600A's and DC6XXX tapes. Is the
>recording method totally different, etc, or is it just tape length?

They differ in tape length and in the maximum density (tracks per inch)
that the tape can reliably hold.


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