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                    DATA CARTRIDGE TAPE CHARACTERISTICS
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T                 L      W     C    F     D     T     C    D     T
Y                 E      I     A    O     E     R     O    I     A
P                 N      D     P    R     N     A     E    M     P
E                 G      T     A    M     S     C     R    E     E
                  T      H     C    A     I     K     C    N
                  H            I    T     T     S     I    S     P
                               T    T     Y           V    I     A
                               Y    E                 I    O     R
                                    D                 T    N     K
                                    ?                 Y    S

DC100A            140    A   .67   N    3,200   2    310   C     L         

DC1000            185    A   20    N   12,500   12   550   C     L 
                  
DC1000 ALPHAMAT   185    A   20    Y1  10,000   12   550   C     L

DC1000 DELTAMAT   185    A   10    Y2   6,400    8   550   C     L

DC2000            205    B   40    N   12,500   24   550   C     L

DC2000 GAMMAMAT   205    B   40    Y3  12,500   24   550   D     L

DC2000 KAPPAMAT   205    B   40    Y4  10,000   20   550   D     L

DC2000 THETAMAT   205    B   40    Y5  10,000   20   550   D     L

DC2080            205    B   80    N   15,000   32   550   D     L

DC2080 RHOMAT     205    B   80    Y6  11,600   32   550   D     R

DC300A            300    B   2.9   N    3,200    4   310   E     R

DC300XL/P         450    B   45    N    3,200-   9   310   E     R 
                                       10,000    

DC600A            620    B   60    N   12,500   16   550   E     R 

DC615A            150    B   15    N   12,500   16   550   E     R

DC600HC IOTAMAT   620    B   67    Y7  10,000   16   550   E     L

DC615HC IOTAMAT   150    B   16    Y8  10,000   16   550   E     L

DC600HW           620    B   60     N  10,000   11   550   E     R

DC6150            620    B  150     N  12,500   32   550   E     R 

DC6037            150    B   37     N  12,500   32   550   E     R

DC6150 ZETAMAT    620    B  134    Y9  10,000   32   550   E     L  
 
DCT6320           620    B  320     N  20,000   26   550   E     R           


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Units of Measurement:
              
 TAPE LENGTH (Feet)
 TAPE WIDTH (Inches)
 CAPACITY (Megabytes)
 DENSITY (Flux Transitions Per Inch)
 COERCIVITY (Oersteds)
 DIMENSIONS (Inches)


Formatted Codes  ( System(s)-specific:)
 1=DATA GENERAL, IRWIN, NCR, OLIVETTI, ZENITH
 2=IRWIN
 3=QIC-100, ADIC, APPLE, MIRROR, SEAGATE
 4=IRWIN, OLIVETTI
 5=QIC-40, MOUNTAIN, ARCHIVE, ALLOY, CMS, WANGTEK
 6=IBM PS/2 INTERNAL B/U UNIT, IRWIN 80MB
 7=3M HCD-75 & HCD-134
 8=HONEYWELL SENTINEL
 9=ADIC

CAPACITY WHEN FORMATTED, RECORDING DENSITY and NUMBER OF TRACKS are
 all drive-dependent values, and may vary from mfr. to mfr.

NOMINAL TAPE WIDTH:
 A=0.150 inches
 B=0.250 inches

CARTRIDGE DIMENSIONS (inches):
 C= 2.415 X 3.188 X 0.470
 D= 2.415 X 3.188 X 0.570
 E= 4 X 6 X 0.655

TAPE PARKING POSITION WHEN NEW:
 L=left or BOT (beginning of tape)
 R=right or EOT (end of tape)

DIAMETER OF LOAD POINT, EARLY WARNING, BOT, EOT HOLES:
0.046 FOR ALL CARTRIDGE TYPES EXCEPT DC 300A, WHICH ARE 0.023.