Using 1000ft tapes in 60MB streamers.

Paul Derks paul at gem.stack.urc.tue.nl
Tue Jun 18 21:03:01 AEST 1991


A little question for all the tape experts out there.
I have tried using a DC6250 tape in my 60 MB Wangtek streamer
and this worked flawlessly (100MB on one tape). In the
packaging of a DC6525 tape (1000ft, 525MB) there is a little
note which says that using this tape in a lower density drive
may cause excesive tape wear. This note is NOT included with
DC6250 (1000ft, 250MB) tapes. My question is: does the DC6250
tape cause excesive wear and how serious is this? (I only use
the tape drive about once a week)

Thanks in advance.
Paul Derks



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