On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Anthony Wood wrote:

> Imation DS2120 on google brings up a page which says QIC-80.

You always forget the basics when under pressure.  I should have checked
google...

> Which I assume is different from DDS.

Might be some sort of pre-DDS compatible beastie, though...

> IIRC you can put it in.  DDS uses pins and crap in the tape drive to
> determine what sort of tape it is.  If you compare the tape very closely
> to a new one, it will be slightly different in some detail.

I'll have to do a spot of comparison, then, I guess.

> hope this helps.

It gives me a start to be checking on - and hey, I've doubled my knowledge
of tape drives already!  <g>


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