TDC 3309

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The TANDBERG TDC 3309 is a QIC-24 tape streamer, used in some ND systems. It can record from 45 megabytes up to 60 megabytes on a cartridge, depending on tape length. It's part of the TANDBERG TDC 3300 series.

(Technically speaking a standalone Tandberg TDC-3309 drive would normally be called TDC-3319, which is a TDC 3309 basic drive plus a TDC 3350 formatter board. The latter contains the host interface, among other things.)

Interface

  • Signal/Commanding interface: QIC-02
  • Drive commands standard: QIC-44

Tape format

  • The QIC-24 format used by the 3309 model uses a 1/4" 9-track 60MB cartridge

Recommended media

  • QIC-24 3M DC600A (60MB) tapes, 183m/600-foot length

References