On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 8:06 AM Zane Healy via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:36 AM, Tom Gardner via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I’ve worked on tape articles in Wikipedia and they are for the most part > pretty good. If u find any errors or omissions I hope u will update > > > > If you are willing and able to share I’d like to see yr results > > > > Good luck > > > > Tom > > I can’t actually share the project I’m working on. Overall Wikipedia has > been an excellent resource for this, even for a couple 8mm formats I was > unaware of. > > One thing that strikes me as odd is that DLT III XT media is apparently > from 1995, while DLT IV media is from 1994?!? I’m not sure about that, and > I was sure DLT IV wasn’t that old, but it might be. It’s also possible > that there are some problems with the DLT page on Wikipedia, since the age > of the drives is given, not the media. > > The one that’s really hurt my brain is DC 600A, DC 1000, and DC 2000. > Using https://www.qic.org/html/qicstan.html and other info at > https://www.qic.org/ I’m fairly confused. > > As best as I can tell: > DC 600A = 1983 > DC 1000 = 1994 > DC 2000 = 1991 > > The problem I have is that with what I’m working on, I have indications of > DC 1000 being used in 1985. > > Zane > A good resource for data on issues like this is the scans of old computer magazines or catalogs in either Google Books or the Internet Archive. Sellam
