Tape drive needed - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Dec 2001

In a message dated 12/29/01 3:15:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
geoffr(a)zipcon.net writes:

...
   >   This is
going back into a very fuzzy memory...but does anyone know if
 > an Archive 2150S drive (QIC-150) will read QIC-24 tapes?  Those drives
 > are pretty common, and they're standard SCSI so they don't require
 > less common interface hardware.  And, I think I have one. :-)  
 2150S will read a QIC24 tape just fine.

Most any 60 meg, 150 meg and  IIRC 525 meg drives will read QIC-24, Serial 
Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange (9 tracks, 
10,000 FTPI, GCR, 60 MB)    

Here is a link to the QIC Standards.
http://www2.qic.org/qic/html/qicstan.html

QUIC-02 & QIC-36 are interface standards and should not be confused with 
QIC-24 which is a format for information interchange.

The QIC-02 interface 150 meg drive should work if you have a QIC-02 
controller in your computer.

SCSI drives are easier. An Archive 2150S should work fine.

Paxton
Astoria, OR