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From: sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP (Paul Arthur Layman -- EE)
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Subject: Re: Maxell change?
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 14:21:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  1 14:21:24 1985
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> > From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
> 
> > I just recently bought a box of Maxell XL-II cassettes.  The package is
> > different and the labelling is "XL-II" where it was formerly "UD XL-II".
> > Does this represent a real change or just one of those gratuitous/mean-
> > ingless marketing changes to avoid "foolish consistency"?
> > -- 
> > Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
> 
> As far as I know, Maxell's XL-II tapes are totally different tapes 
> from the UD/XL-II series.  I believe that the XL-IIs are normal bias
> while the UD/XL-IIs are "chrome" bias.  You probably just grabbed the
> wrong box.  I just bought another 10 UD/XL-IIs last week.
> 
> On a similar subject, what is a good price for UD/XL-IIs?  I find that I
> can get them for around a buck-seventy for a C90 when Silo has them on
> sale.  I go through these suckers pretty fast.
> 
> 		.rne.
> 
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Wait a minute.

I thought the XL-II tapes were an upgrade for the UD-XLII, and were formulated
to allow an extra dB before saturation.
The cassette wrapper says,

     "The use of Maxell's new Epitaxial magnetic particals has 
      improved MOL by 1dB (in comparison with our UD-XLII tape)
      over the entire frequency range."

In any case they are both formulated for high bias and 70 uS equalization.

Paul Layman

P.S. XL-II / UD-XLII tapes can currently be had in Canada at a number of
locations for $2.70 each.  Buy 12 and you have enough seals for 1 more.
That's only $2.49 each or $1.92 US with the current exchange rates.
I never though I'd see the day that they'd be cheaper in Canada.
Thank's Brian (:-) -- for nothing!!!!