CompacTape

[Jason T]

On 10/5/07, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
> I notice that there have been a number of replies to this
> question and, if I might summarize what I have read, it seems
> as if the answer depends on if the responder could (or could
> not) use the (I believe you have received) the DLT III tapes
> (since as far as I know DLT I and DLT II tapes were actually
> the CompacTape I, for the TK50, and CompacTape II, for the
> TK70).

Thanks Jerome and everyone else for the replies.  The seller was a
plain dealer and refunded me for the tapes he shipped since he
couldn't find the actual TK50s.  Fair enough.

Wiki's page on DLT has a media chart that these tapes don't exactly fit into:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape

These tapes are labeled "CompacTape III," which isn't listed.  I'm
guessing they are DLT III, but according to that chart they're the
wrong color (they're dark gray like a TK50.)  My guess is they are
meant for the 2.6gb THZ01/DLT260/Tx85 drives rather than the 10gb
DLT2000 drive.

If anyone can make use of them and wants to pay only shipping, lemme know.

-- 
j