cart. tape max. tar blocking factor?

Mike Khaw khaw at parcplace.com
Wed Oct 25 02:48:31 AEST 1989


What is the maximum safe blocking factor to use with tar on 1/4" cartridge
tapes?  Does it differ for QIC-11 vs. QIC-24?

(I seem to recall the number 63k (i.e., 126b) from somewhere, but I don't
remember the reasoning.)

Thanks,
Mike Khaw



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