Re: tapes

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art Baker wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>         I have a QIC1000 1/4 inch tape drive on my model 500. The tape model
> is a 6379. I was looking to move a lot of data, 7 gig, to this QIC1000.
> Since I only had a few 1.2 gig tapes in the office, the nearby supply store
> here said they could order more and they could order 3 gig or 10 gig tapes
> for this drive. Well the tapes arrived today and these 3 and 10 gig tapes
> are not going to fit.
>         For the QIC1000, are the 1.2 gig tapes the only ones that will work
> in this drive?

Yes... hence the name QIC(1000gb) which is 1.2gb rounded.... These tapes
are
still pretty widely available from media suppliers... Since that drive
has
auto compression, you can actually get close to 3gb on a tape, sooooo
get around
3 tapes for a 7gb file.....(your mileage may vary but that's a good
guess)
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