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Ordering HP DDS Cassettes

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The 60-meter cassette tape, product number HP 92283A, can hold up to 1.3 gigabytes (1300 megabytes) of data. These cassettes are packaged in red boxes, five cassettes to a box.

The 90-meter cassette tape, product number HP 92283B, can hold up to 2 gigabytes (2000 megabytes) of data. These cassettes are packaged in a yellow box.

The cleaning cassette tape is product number HP 92283K.

Table 5-1 “DDS Tape Requirements” shows the types of DDS tapes available and which tape drives they are compatible with. This is important to know before loading a DDS cassette into a tape drive for operation.

Table 5-1 DDS Tape Requirements

 HP 3.5-inch\C1503ANon-HP\DDS Device
60M (red)

Read (yes)

Write (yes)

Read (yes)

Write (yes)

90M (yellow)

Read (yes)

Write (yes)

Read (*)

Write (*)

 

*Refer to the manufacturer's specification.

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