[rescue] DLT Question

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:

> The DLT IIIXT tapes will do 15/30 on a DLT4000.  The DLT4000
> will read/write DLT III/IIIXT/IV tapes.

Okay, then I'm really confused.

My drive will get 20/40 out of a DLT IV tape, but a DLT7000 will get
35/70 out of the same tape?  I thought the capacity different was that
the tapes were rated for different bit-densities, and the higher-density
tapes required newer drives (like floppy disks).

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