9 track tapes

From: Jay West <west_at_tseinc.com>
Date: Wed Jan 30 17:26:33 2002

I used to have several cipher F880's. I'm 99% sure the ones I had would do
1600 I know, 3200 also I think, and 800 with a NRZI option board I think.

Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: 9 track tapes


> On January 30, Matt London wrote:
> > Quick question, I've got a Cipher F880 here (no tapes yet - anyone in
> > the UK wanna help out? :&) and someone just asked me what the maximum
> > capacity of the drive is....
>
> The Cipher F880 is a 1600bpi drive, if memory serves. It might also
> do 800bpi. Capacity depends on the block size...but on average, at
> 1600bpi on a 2400' reel, you'll get about 40MB or so.
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire
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>
>
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