Carl Lowenstein <cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu> writes:

> All TK50 cartridges  are pretty much the same.  But remember that the
> TK50 is a serpentine drive, and switches to another track every time it
> gets to the end of the tape.  As the blocks get longer (like 256kB) the
> probability of losing one at the end of the tape gets greater.  The
> block has to be re-written on the next track.

Ah!  Thanks!  I was hoping there was a rational explanation!  :-)

-tih
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