8mm data cartridges

[Andy Holt]

Jules asks:
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How common were drives which could read these? I suspect the answer is "not
very"! If anyone has one, how reliable was/is the media?

I've got a couple of such Sony cartridges here dating from 1991; one does
call
itself a data cartridge (QG-112M) - the other one is a PAL/SECAM 90-minute
Video8 tape (P5-90MP). ...
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Almost certainly these are written by an Exabyte drive.
There are at least 2 densities, but the later drive can read the earlier.
Suns can handle these (SCSI) drives nicely.

I have several drives (both types), but I'm not sure how soon I could get up
to Bletchley.

Andy
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