Technical data

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4 8 mm MTC drive (7 Gbyte)
The 8 mm MTC drive is a system for writing to and reading special removable 8
mm magnetic tape cartridges. The format of these cartridges derives originally
from the field of entertainment electronics. However, since the requirements
with regard to reliability are a lot higher when a tape is used for recording data
than when it is used for recording video images, it is necessary to use special
magnetic tape cartridges.
8 mm MTC drives are particularly suitable for archiving large quantities of data.
The 8mm magnetic tape cartridges are written to magnetically and can be
deleted again as required. Errors during operation are corrected automatically
(ECC = Error Correction Code).
Up to 7 Gbytes of data can be stored on an 8 mm magnetic tape cartridge with
this MTC drive if no compression is used. This MTC drive also allows data
compression, which enables the recording capacity to be increased in relation
to the compression factor. The compression factor depends on the type of data
and is usually 2. In other words, 14 Gbytes can be recorded with this drive.
If the MTC drive is already fitted in your system unit when shipped, the software
is automatically installed and configured when the system is first started up. In
this case you need not read the chapter entitled “Installation“.
4.1 Technical data
Name MC15
Height Half height
Capacity 7/14 Gbyte (with a 160 m cartridge)
Recording format 8 mm helical scan
Recording speed 1 Mbyte/s (without data compression)
SCSI bus address ID selectable