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\C1503A | Non-HP\DDS Device |
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60M (red) | Read (yes) Write (yes) | Read (yes) Write (yes) |
90M (yellow) | Read (yes) Write (yes) | Read (*) Write (*) |
*Refer to the manufacturer's specification.