Subject: Re: scsi_tape.h fix (QIC525 tape density)
To: None <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com>
From: Brad Spencer <brad@anduin.eldar.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/15/1996 09:31:51
>It can't be 16000bpi, since my DC-6525 tape is 1020ft long.
>By my calculations, it would have to be more like 44975.68628 bpi
>(assuming 1M = 2^20)
>So, unless I'm wrong, /usr/src/sys/scsi/scsi_tape.h should have the
>QIC-320(525?) comment altered to read just QIC-320, and maybe some code
>adjustments?
>
>Thanks

Hello... I own a Wangtek 525 tape drive, and it returns type 0x11 when
probed.  I suspect that a QIC-320 probably returns the same, but I
really don't know.  [The #defines below the comments would seem to
suggest this].



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