Tape media

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun Mar 23 13:22:00 2003

> CompacTape I and CompacTape II were completely identical
> in every detail - except for for the colour of the name on the case.
> Usually The "CompacTape" label was brown; the "CompacTape II"
> was usually blue. Oh yes, DEC charged a fair bit more for the tape

This convention -- brown for low-capacity, blue for high capacity -- was
used on other DEC media of course (RL01 and RK06 packs have brown
handles, RL02 and RK07 packs have blue handles). Although in that case
there are differences other than the colour.

-tony
Received on Sun Mar 23 2003 - 13:22:00 GMT