TDC 3309

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

• http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/tandbergData/TDC_3319_Maintenance_Manual_Jul84.pdf Tandberg 3319 Maintenance Manual on bitsavers]

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