QIC
Quarter Inch Cartridge (or QIC) tape was a computer storage magnetic tape format from the 1970s to the presend. QIC is a linear tape format, and is pronounced as quick.
QIC
The first QIC tapes were full-size data cartridges with two internal belt-driven reels and a metal base. They were introduced in 1972. The QIC-40 and QIC-80 held 40 and 80 megabytes, respectively. They were designed to use the same controller as a standard floppy drive, with MFM or RLL encoding.
Travan
An evolution of QIC is now sold for personal computer use. This version, called Travan and developed by 3M, uses a smaller mini cartridge.
| Format
| Capacity (MB)
| Speed (KB/s)
| Tracks
|
| QIC-80
| 80-500
| 62.5
| 28/36
|
| TR-1
| 400
| 62.5
| 36
|
| QIC-3010
| 340
| 62.5
| 40/50
|
| TR-2
| 800
| 62.5
| 50
|
| QIC-3020
| 670
| 62.5
| 40/50
|
| TR-3
| 1,600
| 125
| 50
|
| QIC-3080
| 1,200-1,600
| 125
| 60/72
|
| TR-4
| 4,000
| 1024
| 72
|
| QIC-3095
| 4,000
| 1024
| 72
|
| TR-5
| 10,000
| 1024
| 108
|
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