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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 8" Drive on Series III

RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 8" Drive on Series III

2004-04-20 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

HI Harald,

What are the differences between these two models?
Cheers,
Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: feldmann@xs4all.nl [mailto:feldmann@xs4all.nl]
Sent: 17 April 2004 18:42
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 8" Drive on Series III

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:52:41 +0200 (CEST), feldmann@xs4all.nl wrote:


I must correct myself (again) on a statement.

The tapes in the CMI 3 are DC600A or QC6250. I do not have DC6000
tapes, although they *might* be useable.

Therefore I can state that you should look for the DC600A and / or
QC6250 tapes at the URl below.

>If I'm not mistaken,
>http://www.streetprices.com/Electronics/Computer_Media/SLR/
>
>> etc. Well, that is until everyone is using CMI Explorer ;-)

Is CMI explorer downloadable ? I have not seen a download place so
far.

Regards,
Harald.

RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 8" Drive on Series III

2004-04-20 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

> HI Harald,
>
> What are the differences between these two models?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter

DC600A is a 60 Mb cartridge, with tape designed to hold 60 Mb.
DC6250 is a cartridge which is physically idential to the DC600A, but
carries tape that could hold up to 250 Mb of data.

Basically it is comparable to the difference between a ferro-compact
cassette and a chromium compact cassette. You can record better quality on
a chrome tape, but usually the chrome tape will also work in a ferro
recorder. Both fit the same recorder.

It is quite possible that DC6000 will also work, but I do not have them,
so I cannot tell for sure.

Regards,
Harald.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: feldmann@xs4all.nl [mailto:feldmann@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: 17 April 2004 18:42
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 8" Drive on Series III
>
> I must correct myself (again) on a statement.
>
> The tapes in the CMI 3 are DC600A or QC6250. I do not have DC6000
> tapes, although they *might* be useable.

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