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DAT old black Magic ???
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<blockquote data-quote="davemurgtroyd" data-source="post: 1013448" data-attributes="member: 319227"><p>Although DAT and DDS tapes are mechanically identical and the DDS drive may be able to read DAT tapes I am very dubious it will be able to write data to a DAT tape. IIRC DDS tapes had a leader which told the drive what spec (DDS 1, 2, 3 etc) and used a lot higher quality tape from DDS2 onwards than DAT - original DDS1 tapes (same as DAT) only hold 1.3GB whereas your DDS3 tape drive holds 12GB . Are the tapes actually DAT tapes or do they have a DDS logo on them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davemurgtroyd, post: 1013448, member: 319227"] Although DAT and DDS tapes are mechanically identical and the DDS drive may be able to read DAT tapes I am very dubious it will be able to write data to a DAT tape. IIRC DDS tapes had a leader which told the drive what spec (DDS 1, 2, 3 etc) and used a lot higher quality tape from DDS2 onwards than DAT - original DDS1 tapes (same as DAT) only hold 1.3GB whereas your DDS3 tape drive holds 12GB . Are the tapes actually DAT tapes or do they have a DDS logo on them? [/QUOTE]
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