Compaq 340622-002 manual Cartridge Specifications Compatibility, and Formats, Projected Duty Cycle

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Cartridge Specifications,

Compatibility, and Formats

IMPORTANT: We recommend that you use only tapes purchased from vendors that have been qualified by Compaq. The qualified vendors are Sony and Imation.

The drive supports the standard QIC formats listed in the following table .

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Supported QIC formats

QIC format	Cartridge Capacity	Imation Product	Sony Product
QIC-4GB	8.0 GB (compressed) or	Magnus 4.0	QD9400
	4.0 GB (uncompressed)
QIC-2GB-DC	2.5 GB	Magnus 2.5	QD9250
	2.0 GB	Magnus 2.0
QIC-1000	1.2 GB	Magnus 1.2	QD9120
	1.0 GB	Magnus 1.0
QIC-525	525 MB	DC-6525	QD6525
	320 MB	DC-6320
QIC-150	250 MB	DC-6250	QD6250
	150 MB	DC-6150	QD6150

NOTE: The Compaq SLR Tape drive features full read and write backwards- compatibility between the above formats.

Projected Duty Cycle

The user should track the amount of time that the drive is in use so that cleaning can be scheduled at the appropriate time.

See Chapter 4, “Operating and Cleaning the Drive” for more information on cleaning the drive.

Compaq SLR Tape Drive User Guide