[comp.sys.hp] HP DAT tape capacities

grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann) (12/05/90)

I recently read an article in PC week (an Australian publication) that talks
about some new DAT drives from HP. In this same article mention was made of
some DAT tapes that were half as long again as existing tapes. I took this
to mean 120min tapes -> 180min tapes. I tried TDK and BASF and they don't
have them. Does anybody know a company that makes 180min DAT tapes? The article
also went on to say that these new tapes allowed 2GB on the standard HP DAT
drive and that the drive with compression could get up to 8GB. Impressive, but
only if I can get my hands on a 180 min tape!
-- 
Greg Lehmann,
CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology,     Telephone: +61 7 377 3877
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