9 track reel tapes

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Sep 30 01:19:53 2003

"Nico de Jong" <nico_at_farumdata.dk>
> I've never had problems with BASF tapes, so that would be ok. 800 to 6250
> means in fact that they can be used on all 9 track drives.
> However, I dont think you can sell 7" tapes. The capacity is too limited,

There exist some small rack-mount 9-track drives that will not work with
full-size reels. I'm not talking about front (slot) load units, but
rather units that had two small reels side by side. DEC made one, but
it wasn't very popular. I don't recall the model number. And no, I'm not
talking about DECtape, which used even smaller reels of 3/4 inch tape.

Anyhow, 7-inch reels are useful to people with those drives.
Received on Tue Sep 30 2003 - 01:19:53 BST