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2 Quarter-inch cartridge tape drives
The quarter-inch MTC drives allow you to read and write magnetic tape
cartridges with a capacity up to 8 Gbyte (compressed) according to the QIC
standard (QIC=Quarter-Inch Cartridge). It is also possible to read magnetic
tape cartridges with a capacity of 60 Mbyte (QIC-24).
If the MTC drive is already fitted in your system unit when shipped, the software
is automatically installed and configured when the system is first started up. In
this case you need not read the chapter entitled “Installation“.
2.1 Technical data
2.2 Installation
Installing the MTC drive
V The MTC drive requires a half-size bay.
Ê Install the MTC drive as described under “Installing a drive“ in the technical
description of your system unit’s product manual.
Name MK21 MC16
Height half height half height
Capacity 525 Mbyte, formatted 4 Gbyte, formatted
Recording format QIC 525/150 QIC-4GB -
Compressed, QIC-4GB,
QIC-2GB -
Compressed, QIC-2GB,
QIC-1000, QIC-525,
QIC-150, QIC-120
Recording density 16 000 bpi up to 49640 bpi
Recording speed Approx. 200 Kbyte/s Approx. 380 Kbyte/s
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