This is a list of all the tape drives and other media drives in my collection, and represents the types of media that I am currently able to read:
| Model | Interface | Supported media |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado 250MB | FDC | QIC-80, QIC-40 |
| Colorado Jumbo 1400 | FDC | QIC-3020-MC, QIC-3010-MC, QIC-80, QIC-40 |
| Colorado T1000 | FDC | Travan TR-1, QIC-80 |
| HP/Colorado TR1 | FDC | Travan TR-1, QIC-80 |
| Conner CTM 3200 | FDC | QIC-Wide 3080 |
| Iomega Ditto 2GB | FDC | Ditto 2GB, (r/o TR-3, TR-2, TR-1, QIC-80) |
| 3.5″ Floppy drive, x2 | FDC | 1.44MB, 720KB 3.5″ floppy |
| 5.25″ Floppy drive, x2 | FDC | 1.2MB, 360KB 5.25″ floppy |
| KryoFlux adapter | USB | Most floppy formats |
| Greaseweazle adapter | USB | Most floppy formats |
| Device Side FC5025 adapter | USB | Most 5.25″ floppy formats |
| Tandberg TDC 3660 | SCSI | QIC-150, QIC-120, QIC-24 |
| DEC TZK10 | SCSI | QIC-150, QIC-120, QIC-24 |
| Tandberg TDC 4220 | SCSI | QIC 2GB, QIC-150 |
| Seagate CTM 3200R | SCSI | QIC-Wide |
| SyQuest 200 MB | SCSI | SyQuest 200MB, 80MB, 40MB cartridges |
| Exabyte EXB-8500 | SCSI | Data8 8mm 2/5 GB |
| Exabyte Mammoth EXB-8900 | SCSI | Data8 8mm 20/40 GB |
| Sony SDX-300C | SCSI | AIT |
| Sony SDX-700C | SCSI | AIT3 (r/o AIT2) |
| Seagate STD28000N | SCSI | DDS2 (r/o DDS1) |
| Seagate STD2401LW | SCSI | DDS4 (r/o DDS3, DDS2) |
| IBM/HP 19P0798 | SCSI | DDS4 (r/o DDS3, DDS2) |
| IBM CD72LWH | SCSI | DAT72 |
| IBM Ultrium 4 | Fiber | LTO-4 (r/o LTO-3, LTO-2) |
| Seagate STT28000N | IDE | TR-4 (r/o TR-3) |
| Dell STT3401A | IDE | TR-7 (r/o TR-6) |
| SuperDisk | IDE | LS-120 |
| Iomega Zip 250 | IDE | Zip 250 |
| Iomega Jaz 1GB | IDE | Jaz 1GB |
| Iomega Jaz 2GB | IDE | Jaz 2GB |
| Iomega Easy 800 | Parallel | Ditto 800, (r/o TR-1, QIC-80) |
| Iomega Ditto 2GB | Parallel | Ditto 2GB, (r/o TR-3, TR-2, TR-1, QIC-80) |
| Iomega Ditto Max | Parallel | Ditto 2GB, Ditto Max 3GB/5GB/7GB/10GB (r/o QIC 3020) |
| SyQuest SparQ | Parallel | SparQ 1GB cartridges |
| SyQuest EZ 135 | Parallel | EZ 135MB cartridges |
Get in touch if you have any old tape or floppy media that you’d like me to recover for you.
Here is a list of drives that I don’t have, but am passively looking for:
- 8-inch floppy drive.
- Magneto-optical disk drive.
- 9-track (1/2-inch) tape drive.