Tandberg Data
Product Specifications
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Tandberg SLR Reference Manual
3.6.2. Track Width and Location
Number of
recorded
tracks
ALRF-6:
192 tracks (+ 24 servo tracks)
ALRF-1:
192 tracks (+ 24 servo tracks)
MLR3 (SLR50):
144 tracks (+ 24 servo tracks)
QIC-5010-DC:
144 tracks (+ 24 servo tracks)
SLR6 (SLR24):
144 tracks (+ 24 servo tracks)
ALRF-2:
72 tracks
Recorded track
widths
ALRF-6:
0.0315 mm ±0.002 mm
ALRF-1:
0.0315 mm ±0.002 mm
MLR3 (SLR50):
0.0305 mm ±0.002 mm
QIC-5010-DC:
0.0305 mm ±0.002 mm
SLR6 (SLR24):
0.0305 mm ±0.002 mm
ALRF-2:
0.096 mm ±0.002 mm
3.6.3. Head Specifications
3.6.3.1. SLR50 pre VU 2000 Head (see NOTE)
Head type
Thin-film inductive write/magneto resistive (MR) read.
3-channel read-after-write for SLR6 (SLR24), MLR3 (SLR50) and QIC-5010-DC formats.
Single-channel read-after-write for serpentine recording of backward compatible (BC)
formats.
Full width erase bar for BC formats. ( On Tandberg SLR32 / MLR3 (SLR50) Drives only ).
Write head width
30.5 µm ±2 µm (MLR3 (SLR50), QIC-5010-DC channels and SLR6 (SLR24))
178 µm ±3.8 µm (BC channels)
Read head width
19 µm ±1 µm (MLR3 (SLR50), QIC-5010-DC channels and SLR6 (SLR24))
76 µm ±3.8 µm (BC channels)
Erase head
Full tape width
Head Life Time
10 000 run hours (13 GB media).
Insertion of the media types DC-600A, DC-6150, DC-6250, DC-6320 or DC-6525 severily
decrease head life time.