10 Mar
2023
10 Mar
'23
4:06 p.m.
On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:36 AM, Tom Gardner via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I’ve worked on tape articles in Wikipedia and they are for the most part pretty good. If
u find any errors or omissions I hope u will update
If you are willing and able to share I’d like to see yr results
Good luck
Tom
I can’t actually share the project I’m working on. Overall Wikipedia has been an
excellent resource for this, even for a couple 8mm formats I was unaware of.
One thing that strikes me as odd is that DLT III XT media is apparently from 1995, while
DLT IV media is from 1994?!? I’m not sure about that, and I was sure DLT IV wasn’t that
old, but it might be. It’s also possible that there are some problems with the DLT page
on Wikipedia, since the age of the drives is given, not the media.
The one that’s really hurt my brain is DC 600A, DC 1000, and DC 2000. Using
https://www.qic.org/html/qicstan.html and other info at https://www.qic.org/ I’m fairly
confused.
As best as I can tell:
DC 600A = 1983
DC 1000 = 1994
DC 2000 = 1991
The problem I have is that with what I’m working on, I have indications of DC 1000 being
used in 1985.
Zane