Timothy J. Massey wrote:
> I have a Colorado Jumbo 350 tape drive. It uses both 2120 and 2120XL
> cartridges. According to what I have read, the 2120XL tapes are identical to
> 2120's except they are longer. This allows them to store 170MB instead of
> the 120MB a normal 2120 stores. Will the ftape program use the longer 2120XL
> tapes and store the full 170MB with them? Or should I just save my money and
> go with 2120's?
>
I use a Colorado 1400 and the 3M (Imation) MC3000XL minicartridges
without any problem. The XL in the name indicates that they are eXtra
Long and I format them (under Doze/Windblows) to about 650MB. So I don't
see any problem in using the "XL" instead of the "normal" cartridges. I
still haven't exhausted their capacity, though, to see if ftape has any
problems there, but I wouldn't expect it to have any.
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