QIC
(
Quarter
Inch
Cartridge) A magnetic tape technology introduced in the early 1980s that has been widely used for backup. It was the first popular tape format for PCs. The "quarter inch" in the name comes from the width of the original tape; however, drives today use wider .315" tape, which was introduced in subsequent, enhanced formats.
Travan and SLR
The surviving formats are the 3.5" Travan minicartridges and the 5.25" SLR data cartridges. Most drives read and write cartridges one generation back. See
Travan,
QIC-Wide,
QIC-EX and
magnetic tape.
3.5" MINICARTRIDGES (Native Capacity)
QIC QIC-
DC-2000 Wide Travan QIC-EX
Format .25" .315" .315" .25-.315"
QIC-40 40MB
QIC-80 125MB 200MB 400MB 500MB
QIC-3010 340MB 420MB 800MB 1.1GB
QIC-3020 680MB 850MB 1.6GB 2.2GB
QIC-3040 840MB 1GB 2.5GB
QIC-3050 1GB 1.3GB 3.1GB
QIC-3080 1.6GB 2GB 5GB
QIC-3095 2GB 4GB 5GB
QIC-3210 2.3GB 5.1GB
QIC-3230 8GB 10GB 20GB
5.25" DATA CARTRIDGES (Native Capacities)
Tandberg Data
Scalable Linear Recording (SLR)
SLR5 4GB
SLR7 20GB
SLR60 30GB
SLR75 38GB
SLR100 50GB
SLR140 70GB
Earlier DC-6000
Data Cartridges
QIC-150 250MB
QIC-525 525MB
QIC-1000 1GB
QIC-2GB 2GB
QIC-5GB 5GB
QIC-5010 13GB
QIC-5210 25GB
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| QIC Cartridge |
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| QIC cartridges have supply and takeup hubs which are moved by a drive belt (red) that wraps around them. The belt is pinched between the capstan and drive motor when the cartridge is inserted into the drive. |
| QIC - Quarter-Inch Cartridge | |
