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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: QIC NEWS and NOTES Special Edition #3
Message-ID: <jmonroyC8Lxu4.1sJ@netcom.com>
Keywords: QIC Tape drives changes qic-380 qic-500m qic-875m
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 10:44:27 GMT
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News about QIC-40/80
From the desk of the quasi-editor-in-chief:
"Just because I am numbering these things don't get the idea
that I am going to do any more of these".
(Disclaimers move to bottom.. getting to big.) (crowd:YEAH!!)
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| Tabloid Contents |
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| <1>__ New Standards |
| <M>__ Meaningless dribble. |
| <N>__ NEXT ISSUE |
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hint: search for "<?>__"
<1>__ New Standards
Today, Mon 06-14-1993, I received the latest
standards from the QIC facilitators. There have been some
major changes. For one the QIC-380 standard has been shelved
for to new standards, QIC-500M and QIC-875M. Secondly,
QIC-500M and QIC-875M represent two new sizes for QIC-40/80
compatibility. In addition, it seems that the QIC group wants
to make a transition of the QIC-40/80 to SCSI-2. (Maybe this
means that we will get inexpensive (cheap) tape drives.)
To add to this the QIC group is now releasing more
information on the transition of it's standards. Also I just
missed a board of directors meeting on June 8th. The next
meeting is scheduled for Aug. 30 @ 9:00a.m.. Any persons
wanting to make comments to the QIC committees or changes to
the QIC standard should prepare now. I plan to go to the
meeting for 386BSD and other interested parties should contact
me or the QIC facilitator for details.
More information will follow on the QIC group itself
in future issues of QIC news. This will include a members list
and a associates list. Also a condensed version of the
meeting in March, 1993 and June, 1993.
What follows are the major differences between the two
new standards:
QIC-500M
Capacity 500 Megabytes
Read Compatibility QIC-40/80
Intelligent Interface Floppy (or IDE)
Recording Format MFM
Tracks 40
QIC-875M
Capacity 875 Megabytes
Read Compatibility QIC-40/80
Intelligent Interface QIC-121 (SCSI-2)
Recording Format RLL 1,7
Tracks 38
<M>__ Meaningless dribble.
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-S.F. Examiner
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-Catch 22
-by Joesph Heller
<N>__ NEXT ISSUE
o.... Will we ever see some code from
the editor for the tape drive?
o.... What everyone is doing!
o.... Standards, Standards, Defacto.
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This publication is not affiliated with "QIC" or "QIC DATA NEWS".
All comments, issues, and errors are only attributable
to the quasi-editor-in-chief.
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