29 Sep
2003
29 Sep
'03
6:19 p.m.
"Nico de Jong" <nico(a)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.