Compaq 340622-002 - Manual (Page 11)

1-2 Overview
Compaq SLR Tape Drive User Guide
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 .
Table 1-1
Supported QIC formats
QIC format Cartridge Capacity Imation Product Sony Product
QIC-4GB 8.0 GB (compressed) or
4.0 GB (uncompressed) Magnus 4.0 QD9400
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.