> From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
> To: "'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: Drive inventory
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:53:21 -0500
> Sender: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > ----------
> > From: Doc
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > > DDS-2 and DDS-3 use physically different media. I don't know how this
> > > figures if the standards are all supposed to be backward compatible.
. . .
> > A DDS2 drive will read DDS1 archives, and write a DDS1 tape in DDS1
> > format. I dunno about DDS3. Every shop I've worked with who used DDS3
> > drives used DDS3 tapes exclusively.
> >
> > Doc
> >
> ---
> DDS3 is 125m. Have one right here :) DDS3 drives work fine with DDS2
> tapes, under NT4 and VMS. That's the size combination we're using here at
> work.
Note that DDS3 drives write DDS2 format when loaded with DDS2 media.
Likewise, DDS2 drives write DDS1 format when loaded with DDS1 media.
carl
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carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Thu Feb 14 2002 - 11:54:58 GMT