30 Jan
2002
30 Jan
'02
9:19 a.m.
On January 30, Matt London wrote:
Quick question, I've got a Cipher F880 here (no
tapes yet - anyone in
the UK wanna help out? :&) and someone just asked me what the maximum
capacity of the drive is....
The Cipher F880 is a 1600bpi drive, if memory serves. It might also
do 800bpi. Capacity depends on the block size...but on average, at
1600bpi on a 2400' reel, you'll get about 40MB or so.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
30 Jan
30 Jan
9:26 a.m.
I used to have several cipher F880's. I'm 99% sure the ones I had would do
1600 I know, 3200 also I think, and 800 with a NRZI option board I think.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: 9 track tapes
On January 30, Matt London wrote:
Quick question, I've got a Cipher F880 here
(no tapes yet - anyone in
the UK wanna help out? :&) and someone just asked me what the maximum
capacity of the drive is....
The Cipher F880 is a 1600bpi drive, if memory serves. It might also
do 800bpi. Capacity depends on the block size...but on average, at
1600bpi on a 2400' reel, you'll get about 40MB or so.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
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