>>From the following web page:
> http://www.anacomp.com/Magnetics/Memorex/m-ctdlt.html
>
>We have
> CompacTape 350 o
> CompacTape II 350 o
> CompacTape III 1540 o
> DLT (all versions) 1850 o
>
>I also believe the DLT is helical scan versus CompacTape's linear scan
>technology.
Actually shouldn't the list read more like:
TK50 CompacTape 95MB 350 o
TK70 CompacTape II 270MB 350 o
TK?? CompacTape III (DLT) 20GB/40GB 1540 o
TK87 CompacTape IV (DLT) 35GB/70GB 1850 o
A III or IV can be used in both DLT4000 and DLT7000 drives, I think the
DLT2000 uses III's and the DLT8000 (Least I think that's the new drives
designation) use IV's (not sure if they can use III's).
There are also some other versions of drives, and I believe tapes. IIIe
and IIIxt come to mind.
In case anyone cares, a DLT7000 is about a $5000.00 drive and according to
specs stores 35GB uncompressed, 70GB compressed (I've seen WELL over 100GB
on a single tape).
Zane
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