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From: pinard@odyssee.UUCP (Francois Pinard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: QIC-xx tape standards
Summary: I would like to know too
Keywords: magtape standards, QIC
Message-ID: <1207@odyssee.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 88 00:01:06 GMT
References: <314@marob.MASA.COM>
Organization: Odyssee (ORA) inc., Montreal, Canada
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In article <314@marob.MASA.COM>, samperi@marob.MASA.COM (Dominick Samperi)
writes:
> Where can one find the QIC-xx streaming tape standards documented?

I would also like to find where to look to understand:

A) what really mean QIC-02, QIC-11, QIC-24 and what are the
   [in]compatibility issues. 

B) how are the tapes physically organized: all about tracks, direction
   of writing/reading, record gaps, file marks and labels, if any.

C) how are the tapes used (on our Suns at least): end of tape
   detection and processing, tape contents inventory, measurement
   procedure, density recognition, etc.

Somebody would have good pointers?-- 
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