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303:Compression
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891:2023-10-17
850:References
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262:80 TB
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183:3952-70S (
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154:3592-J1A
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1182:UNISERVO
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103:Gen 5A
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453:610 m
232:Native
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120:3592
112:Gen 8
109:Gen 7
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100:Gen 5
97:Gen 4
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88:Gen 1
79:Drives
49:TS1170
45:Jaguar
1482:Data8
1447:ArVid
1421:Sony
1335:DC100
1323:D/CAS
1306:Ditto
1230:T9940
1224:T9840
823:Notes
766:WORM
697:WORM
616:WORM
562:WORM
469:WORM
412:Code
409:Type
369:Notes
221:2023
218:2018
62:LTO-9
1465:SAIT
406:Gen
344:Yes
333:Yes
319:Yes
314:WORM
308:Yes
73:z/OS
27:The
1500:VXA
1494:AIT
1459:DTF
1430:DST
1423:DIR
1300:SLR
1294:QIC
1277:ADR
1212:DLT
808:JF
805:RW
787:JM
769:JV
751:JE
748:RW
724:JL
700:JZ
676:JD
673:RW
646:JK
619:JY
592:JC
589:RW
565:JX
541:JB
538:RW
516:JR
494:JJ
472:JW
450:JA
447:RW
341:No
330:No
225:TBA
191:TBA
185:SAS
53:not
41:IBM
1539::
1054:.
884:.
866:.
802:6
745:5
670:4
586:3
535:2
444:1
187:)
171:FC
1117:e
1110:t
1103:v
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