Legacy Tape Drives 

½ Inch (12.7 mm) wide magnetic tape media and reels,8 data tracks and one parity track for a total of 9 parallel tracks. The standard size of a byte was effectively set at 8 bits

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Model Description
CIPHER F-880 9 TRACK PERTEC 800BPI
CIPHER F-890-I 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600BPI
CIPHER F-891-I 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600BPI
CIPHER M990 9 TRACK PERTEC 800/1600/6250BPI
CIPHER M995-C 9 TRACK PERTEC 800/1600/6250BPI
HP 88780A 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600/6250BPI
HP 88780B 9 TRACK SCSI 1600/6250BPI
KENNEDY 9600A 9 TRACK SCSI 800/1600/3200BPI
KENNEDY 9662 9 TRACK PERTEC QUAD DENS TABLE TOP
MP 7000 9 Track, 6250/3200/1600/800 BPI, PERTEC, SCSI, HPIB, OR  RS-232.
QUALSTAR 3400 SERIES 9 TRACK PERTEC/SCSI (PE, QUAD, GCR & 2 SPEED)
TANDEM 5161 9 TRACK 1600BPI
TANDEM 5172 9 TRACK 1600/6250BPI
CIPHER F-880 – IITandem 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600/3200BPI
CIPHER F-890-II 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600/3200BPI
CIPHER M-891-II 9 TRACK PERTEC 3200BPI
CIPHER M990-S 9 TRACK SCSI 800/1600/6250BPI
CIPHER M995S 9 TRACK SCSI 800/1600/6250BPI
HP 88780B 9 TRACK PERTEC 1600/6250BPI
KENNEDY 9600 9 TRACK SCSI 800/1600BP
KENNEDY 9610 9 TRACK PERTEC QUAD DENS
M4 DATA 9914 9 TRACK PERTEC 800/1600/6250BPI
Overland Data 5622 9 Track, 365KB/sec – Compact
TANDEM 5160 9 TRACK 1600BPI
TANDEM 5171 9 TRACK 1600/6250BPI
TANDEM 5175 9 TRACK 1600/6250BPI