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- From: ghg@en.ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Video grade tapes for Exabytes (again)
- Keywords: Exabyte tapes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.144121.6440@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 14:41:21 GMT
- References: <BuMHBH.5ED@cosy.sbg.ac.at>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- In article <BuMHBH.5ED@cosy.sbg.ac.at> lendl@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Otmar Lendl) writes:
- >In a recent argument about which video-grade tape (if any) to use
- >in Exabyte streamers, the consensus seemed to be Sony P6-120MP tapes.
- >
- >Well, I tried to buy some of those tapes from local video-shops today,
- >but they don't have those on stock. I was told that P6 tapes are for
- >the american standard (NTSC) and the P5 tapes are for PAL-systems.
- >The difference is (according to the sales-man) only the length of the
- >tapes, for NTSC and PAL record at a different speed of the tape.
- >
- >So, the question is this:
- > Are the P5-120MP tapes as good as the P6-120MP tapes ?
- >
- >Thanks,
- > Otmar Lendl
-
- The Exabyte "data" tapes at one time used to be just P5-90MP's.
- A P5-90 is actually a little longer than a P6-120MP, and a P5-90
- works just fine (I have a bootlegged P5-90). The P5-90 is
- 112m long vs 104 or something for a P6-120. A P5-120 must
- be a SUPER LONG thin tape? Never heard of that one. This
- may confuse the drive or you may not be able to use it all.
- Buy one and try it first. I also heard of P6-150 MP tapes
- but have never seen one. Anybody?
- --ghg
-