Dave McGuire drunkenly mumbled...
> 
>   Yes...It looks even *more* like a TK70.  The "Quantum" DLT drives
> were made by DEC.  Quantum bought the line from DEC a while back, and
> seems to be desperately trying to convince the world that it was their
> original design.

ahha!!  well, just saw a DLT-4000 and that looks a lot more like the TK50. :)

>   This is all from a very fuzzy memory...someone please correct me if
> I'm wrong here...The TK50 is a CompacTape I, the TK70 is a CompacTape
> II, and the DLT drives are CompacTape IVs.

if you are correct...  ah ha!!

>   The tapes are virtually indistinguishable from one another.

haven't seen the tapes, but i believe you. :)

-brian (who only owns a WangTek-5150ES)

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