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- From: brent@ughtas (Brent Terry)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: What type of tapes to use?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.185022.25911@pencom.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:50:22 GMT
- References: <01050810.8rn9hz@mbeckman.mbeckman.com>
- Sender: usenet@pencom.com (Usenet Psuedo User)
- Organization: Pencom Software
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- In article <01050810.8rn9hz@mbeckman.mbeckman.com>
- mbeckman@mbeckman.mbeckman.com (Mel Beckman) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Jul14.152053.16357@cdsac.uucp> (comp.unix.aix),
- scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
- > > Actually, the IBM QIC tape drives (model 7207) only support 60MB
- > > (DC600) and 150MB (DC6150) tapes.
- >
- > I'm embarking on a government project that uses RS/6000 220's and the
- 7207
- > external tape drive. The hardware isn't here yet, but I just received a
- > shipment of supplies (govt supplied), including a slew of blank tapes
- marked
- > as "3M DC300". The bpi density is given as 10,000 and the length as 450
- > feet, which seems to me to work out to only 50MB per tape. Am I
- confused,
- > or is the government, or what? The list given above has DC600 and
- DC6150,
- > but doesn't mention DC300. Did I get the wrong tapes (I need 150MB)?
- >
- > -mel
- >
- >
-
- You got the wrong tapes!!!! You need the DC6150's
-
- Sorry,
- Brent
-