Oersted Ratings of DC300A and DC600 Tape Cartridges

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Jan 1 17:10:01 2003

Wonderful, thanks much for the information!!! Due to financial concerns,
I am selling my IBM 5100 (sigh) on Ebay. Most of the tapes were DC300A,
and the extra ones I have are the DC600s. I am in the process of
duplicating the tapes, 1) so I can keep a set of the Patch and Games
tapes in case I can ever afford another one :), and 2) to make sure the
tapes are readable. Thanks again!

"r. 'bear' stricklin" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Marvin Johnston wrote:
>
> > The subject says it all. I've checked on Google and get the *impression*
> > that they are both the same at 550 Oersteds. Anyone know if this is
> > truely the case? Thanks.
>
> It is. DC300 tapes are 300 ft (30 MB in a QIC24 drive), DC300XL tapes are
> 450 ft (45 MB) and DC600A are 620ft (60 MB). All 8000 FTPI.
>
> ok
> r.
Received on Wed Jan 01 2003 - 17:10:01 GMT