RK05J vs RK05F

From: Ashley Carder <wacarder_at_usit.net>
Date: Wed Jan 19 13:21:07 2005

Tom,

Thanks for the info. I'll take the cover off, do a little
inspection of the pack, heads, foam, etc. and if all
looks well I'll try to fire it up this weekend.

Ashley

> Ashley,
>
> The removable pack is the same for both drives.
> The additional data capacity comes from the fact
> that the pack is not removed and as such the
> alignment is not lost. If I recall correctly,
> this allow the drive to double the track density.
>
> --tom
>
> At 12:45 PM 1/19/2005 -0500, Ashley Carder wrote:
>
> >Is there any difference in the cartridges for
> >an RK05F drive vs. an RK05J (or plain RK05)?
> >I just acquired an RK05F and am getting ready
> >to hook it up to my system along with my RK05J
> >drives so I can test it out. I know the pack
> >holds twice as much data as the RK05/RK05J, but
> >is there any physical difference in the packs?
> >
> >I suppose I'll have to reconfigure my existing
> >RK05J drives so that the RK05F is either drives
> >0/1 or 2/3 (or 4/5).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ashley
>
>
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