In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/28/2007
at 07:24 PM, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Back to the question: CST cartridge contains 160m of tape.
>Uncompressed capacity in 36-track drive (3490E) is 400MB.
>So 400MB/160m gives 25000 B/cm Inch is 2.54 cm, so the BPI is 63500.
>CST in 3480 drive has 31750 BPI.
Nonsense; you're not taking gaps and checking data into account.
>I don't know exact length of tape and exact capacity, maybe it's not
> exactly 160m, however it seems the BPI can be approx. 32000. It
>rather cannot be 38000.
You're wrong, of course.
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