[Info-vax] TLZ7

[Michael Kraemer]

In article <a03b2061-fa79-4f93-8920-75421f0bb97f at j2g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> 
> I may have been confusing TLZ04 (1.3GB) with TLZ06 (2GB). The Tru64
> docs have some handy tables re media and format compatibility;
> highlights below are from
> http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V40G_HTML/MAN/MAN7/00=
> 87____.HTM
> 
>   __________________________________________________________
>   Media Type	 Drive Type
>   __________________________________________________________
>   DDS-1 (60m)	 TLZ04, TLZ06, TLZ07, TLZ09, TLZ10,
> 		 SDT-7000, SDT-9000, SDT-10000
>   DDS-1 (90m)	 TLZ06, TLZ07, TLZ09, TLZ10,
> 		 SDT-7000, SDT-9000, SDT-10000
>   DDS-2 (120m)	 TLZ07, TLZ09, TLZ10,
> 		 SDT-7000, SDT-9000, SDT-10000
>   DDS-3 (125m)	 TLZ10, SDT-9000, SDT-10000
>   DDS-4 (150m)	 SDT-10000
> 
> 
> Take the cover off the unit and find out what's really inside. Afaik,
> only a handful of companies made DAT drives, and DEC weren't one of
> them. 

"SDT" suggests TLZ's may in fact be Sonys.
Which goes well together with my observation that my other
drive which didn't break so far is also a Sony.