10 Mar
2023
10 Mar
'23
4:44 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 8:06 AM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
A good resource for data on issues like this is the scans of old computer
magazines or catalogs in either Google Books or the Internet Archive.
Sellam
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