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- From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: What Cartridge Tape to Use
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.064612.2177@ukw.uucp>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 06:46:12 GMT
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- derosa@rtsg.mot.com (John DeRosa) writes:
-
- >I have a cartridge tape drive that is marked
- >150mb. What type of tape should I be using to
- >take advantage of this capacity? All the cartridge
- >tapes that I have are 3M 600A, which indicate on
- >the jacket that they are 60mb capacity.
-
- Use DC6150 or DC6250 for 150 MB or 250 MB capacity.
- The DC6250 is probably thinner than the DC6150, so
- if you're unlucky and have a drive that's rude, you
- may loose the tape.
-
- The DC600A's should give you 120 MB on that drive,
- if it can do QIC-120 as well as QIC-150. Give it
- a try.
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