Re: Help Qic-80

[mikeford@netwiz.net (Mike Ford)]

In article <78bm3l$8tv$1@chakotay.ncc74656.org>,
salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org (Scott Alfter) wrote:

> QIC-80 is a format, not a brand or a specifier of capacity.  Uncompressed
> capacity for tapes in this format range from 60 megs (DC2120) to 250
> megs (TR-1 Extra).  It was preceded by QIC-40 and has since been superseded
> by QIC-3010, QIC-3020, and QIC-3095 (the latter format delivers 4 gigabytes
> (uncompressed) on a TR-4 tape, and is available in SCSI and IDE flavors for
> fast operation).

I have a Tecmar QT-Mac80, which sounds a lot like this QIC-80. I think
when I looked up some info on it, it used the 2120 and 2165 tapes. I
bought a 2120XL cartridge, but I haven't tried it yet. Nice looking little
SCSI unit though.