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From: tony@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM (Tony Ivanov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Using TK50s as TK70s
Summary: It works fine with a bulk eraser.
Keywords: Tape TK50 TK70 density
Message-ID: <931@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 88 16:51:11 GMT
References: <258@ultb.UUCP>
Reply-To: tony@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM (Tony Ivanov)
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Inc.; PVD
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In article <258@ultb.UUCP> awpsys@ultb.UUCP (Andrew W. Potter) writes:
>Question:
>
>	Has anyone succeeded in writing a TK50 on a TK70 drive?
>

Yes, this seems to work fine.  We bought a cheapo bulk eraser from Radio
Shack and bulk erased our TK50s once.  After that, we've used them in the
TK70 drive with no problems and haven't had to re-erase them yet (it's
been about 5 months).  No problems.  We are using them on an Ultrix system,
but that should have no bearing on the results.
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