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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. Use the 60-meter cassettes either in the
3.5-inch (C1503A) or in the 5.25-inch (C1502A) DDS tape drives.
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. Use the 90-meter cassettes only in the 3.5-inch (C1503A) DDS
tape drives.
The cleaning cassette tape is product number HP 92283K.
Table 7-1 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 7-1. DDS Tape Requirements
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| | HP 5.25-inch | HP 3.5-inch | Non-HP |
| | C1502A | C1503A | DDS Device |
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| 60M (red) | Read (yes) | Read (yes) | Read (yes) |
| | Write (yes) | Write (yes) | Write (yes) |
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| 90M (yellow) | Read (no) | Read (yes) | Read (*) |
| | Write (no) | Write (yes) | Write (*) |
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