On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:13, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Just had an odd request - someone has asked me to extract the data off what > looks to be an old DDS-style tape cartridge. It's an Imation/3M branded > tape, with the following useful information: > > DC2120 > 307.5ft (93.7m) > 120MB > > It's got the metal base and accoutrements of the DDS-[3,4,or whatever it is] > tapes I use at work. > > So, can I drop this into a modern DDS tape drive and read it? (That'd be > cool).
Not AFAIK. QIC-80 is /not/ DDS. I used to have a parallel port QIC-80 drive, but it's visited the sands of time... Actually, I -may- know someone with a working QIC-80. I'll make some enquiries. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://members.aardvark.net.au/lifeless/keys.txt>.
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