DAT tape lengths

[Booker Bense]

In article <1991May17.061139.5673 at objy.com> bruce at opus.objy.com (Bruce Reed) writes:
>I've used both standard audio and data DATs, though never DEC's. The
>audio tapes are marked in minutes and come in 60, 90, and 120 minute
>varieties. I've only seen the data version sold in 60 meter lengths.
>A 120 minute audio DAT is equivalent to the 60 meter data DAT.
>

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- Well, we have a Trimarchi(?) DAT drive and I am unable to get it to
store more than about 375~ Megabytes using either DEC 60m or Maxell
60m DAT tapes and both the ultrix and gnu tar. If some kind soul
could send me a note on how to check the capacity of the DAT drive I 
would appreciate it. 

- Booker C. Bense                    
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