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3½" Disk 3480, 3490, 3490E, 3590E & 3590H Cartridge 4mm Cartridge 5¼ Floppy Disk 8mm Cartridge 8" Floppy Disk 9 Track Tape CD Jaz Disk LS120 Disk QIC 40, QIC 80 (DC2120, DC 2080, Ditto Cartridges) QIC 120, QIC 150, 1.0, 2.0 GB (DC 600A, DC6150, DC6250, DC6525, MLR3, SLR5) Syjet 1.5GB Syquest 1GB Syquest 44MB,88MB Syquest 135MB Syquest 200MB TK50, DLT, DLT1(DLT8000) Cartridges TEAC Cassette Travan Mini Cartridge (TR1, TR2, TR3, TR4) Zip Disk and Zip Disk 250
Media Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
CD Round 4 5/8" diameter .05" 5/8" hole in center reflective back
3½" Disk Square 3½" X 3½" 1/16" metal circle on back sliding metal tab on top
LS120 Disk Square 3½" X 3½" 1/16" looks like 3½" diskette metal circle on back sliding metal tab on top
Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
5¼" Floppy Disk Square 5¼" X 5¼" .06" flexible 1 1/8" hole in center
8" Floppy Disk Square 8" X 8" .06" flexible 1 5/16" hole in center
Square 4" X 3¾" ¼" Silver metal sliding tab Square 3¾" X 4" 1/2" One end is a rounded shape
Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
Square 3¾" X 3 7/8" 3/8" Rounded top
Syquest Square 3¾" X 3 7/8" 3/8" Rounded top Syquest Square 5¼" X 5¼" 1/2" Transparent Case
Square 3¾ X 3¾" 3/8" Transparent Case
9 Track Tape Round 10 ½" diameter (2400' )1200' )600' ) ½" 3 sizes - 600', 1200', and 2400' 3 ½" hole in center typically have a plastic tape ring around outside to keep tape in place
Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
3480, 3490, 3490E, 3590E, 3590H Cartridge Rectangle 4 13/16" X 4 3/16" 15/16" metal circle on back
4mm Cartridge Rectangle 2 7/8" X 2 1/8" 7/16" looks like a small version of a tape cassette
8mm Cartridge Rectangle 3 3/4" X 2 3/8" 9/16" looks like a tape cassette
TK50 Cartridge Square 4 1/8" X 4 1/8" 1"
Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
QIC40 , QIC80 DC2120 ,DC2080 , DC3020 , Ditto Cartridges)Rectangle 2 3/8" X 3 1/8" 1/2" silver metal back
QIC120 , QIC150 , 1.0 , 2.0 GB, MLR3 and SLR5 DC600A , DC6150 , DC6250 , DC6525 , DC6320 )Rectangle 5 7/8" X 3 7/8" 5/8" silver metal back
Rectangle 4" X 2½" 3/8" Looks like a tape cassette
Shape Width/Height Thickness Physical Attributes
Travan Mini Cartridge (TR1,TR2, TR3, TR4) Rectangle 3 5/8" X 2 3/4" 9/16" silver metal back curves in at top corners where tape is visible
Square 5 1/4" X 5 1/4" 1/4" Transparent brown cartridge
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