8 mm Data Cartridge

[Martin Brooks]

In article <91015.141845P88033 at BARILVM.BITNET> P88033 at BARILVM.BITNET
   (Shlomit Rot) writes:
>
>  We have a 8 mm Tape in 530 machine. Does anybody know wich sony cartridge
>will do for that tape (serial number if known, is trhe number p6120mp known?)

Any common 8mm video tape will work in these drives.  The number you
refer to is more like P6-120 MP.  The P6 refers to 6 individual tape
tracks; which is of no consequence in data backup drives.  The 120
refers to the number of minutes this tape will record/play in video
equipment in SP (standard play) mode.  The number itself is of no
consequence in data backup drives; except that a 120, which is the
largest size, will hold twice as much data as a 60, and so forth.  The
MP stands for Metal Particle tape, and to the best of my knowledge,
all 8mm video tapes are metal particle tapes.

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