[Sunhelp] Re: Tape 8mm & Tape drive 8mm

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Tue 2000-10-24 (10:48), Muhammad Harisun (EID) wrote:
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> Hi SUN fellows, 
> 
> Could anybody give us what is meants by media tape 8mm ? 
> the point is 8mm directing to what measure ? Is it only a name or any other
> definitions ?

Like half and quarter inch tapes, the 8mm denotes the tape width.
You'll find 4mm for DAT tapes which are 3.8something in reality :)

Look at www.exabyte.com for a description of the many recording 
densities and tape types available.

BTW: 160m (run length) isn't Mammoth, it's XL.
Mammoth tapes are 170m in length.

Steffen, still confused and using DAT
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