| Short for Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC was first introduced in
1983 as a low cost magnetic data tape
storage used for
backing up data and was the first tape drive standard. Although some QIC disks and drives are
compatible with one another, ensure that it is stated or verified by
the manufacturer before purchasing a QIC tape or drive. QIC disks are
available in various sizes; however, they are commonly 40MB to 25GB.
Many computers and some servers utilized the QIC-40
and QIC-80 for a replacement of the floppy disk drive and commonly
connected to the floppy controller. QIC is commonly labeled as QIC-XXXX-XX,
where the first four Xs (this could also be two or three) may be a
number used to identify the tape, this is generally the size of the
tape, but not always.
Below is a listing of some of the commonly used QIC
tapes and their capacity.
| Tape |
Capacity |
Tape |
Capacity |
| QIC-24-DC |
60 MB |
QIC-3010-MC |
340 MB |
| QIC-40-MC |
40 MB |
QIC-3020-MC |
680 MB |
| QIC-80-MC |
80 MB |
QIC-3040-MC |
1 GB |
| QIC-120-MC |
120 MB |
QIC-3080-MC |
1.6 GB |
| QIC-525-DC |
525 MB |
QIC-3095-MC |
4 GB |
| QIC-1000-DC |
1.01GB |
QIC-3210-MC |
2.3 GB |
| QIC-1350-DC |
1.35 GB |
QIC-3220-MC |
10 GB |
| QIC-2100-MC |
2.1 GB |
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Also see: DAT, Tape definitions
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