In a message dated 5/14/2003 9:09:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cb(a)mythtech.net writes:
I just aquired a ClubMac tape drive that I want to
test. It is a rebadged
Teac MT-2ST/N50 cassette drive. I'm hunting around for info, and it looks
like that uses a 600XD cassette.
A regular audio tape cassette fits in it. Does anyone know if I can use
regular audio tapes? Maybe a particular style of audio tape?
I really just want to test the drive to see if it works, so if an audio
tape will work long enough to write some data and read it again to make
sure the drive functions, that should be enough. I don't really want to
plunk down $15 for a data cassette for it to find that the drive is dead.
I have a number of data cassette tapes still in original packaging. A maxell
CS-600XD says 600feet length, 16,000ftpi and D/CAS-86 compatible. Have no
idea what that means.
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