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standards. There are two sizes of tape cassettes, "S" and "L".
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DTF at the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, including images
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magnetic tape data storage
Sony
helical scan

Fibre Channel
SCSI
Betacam
ECMA 248

ECMA 315

Brochure for DTF-1 drive with specs
DTF at the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, including images
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Magnetic-tape data storage
IBM 7340
LINCtape
DECtape
CDC 626
UNISERVO
IBM 7-track
TX-2 Tape System
9-track
IBM 3480
DLT
IBM 3590
T9840

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