DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ADOPTED BY QIC
Note: Stated capacities are without compression.
Number Latest Revision Title
QIC-02 F 19-Apr-88 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Drive Intelligent Interface
QIC-24-DC D 22-Apr-83 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (9 tracks, 10,000 FTPI, GCR, 60 MB)
QIC-36 C 14-Sep-84 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Drive Basic Interface
QIC-40-MC M 2-Sep-92 Flexible-Disk-Controller-Compatible Recording Format for
Information Interchange (20 tracks, 10,000 BPI, MFM, 40 MB)
QIC-50 (Redesignated QIC-150-DC)
QIC-59 D 28-Mar-85 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Drive Enhanced Basic Interface
QIC-80-MC N 20-Mar-96 Flexible-Disk-Controller-Compatible Recording Format for
Information Interchange (28 tracks, 14,700 BPI, MFM, 80 MB)
QIC-100-MC F 23-May-89 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (24 tracks, 12,500 FTPI, GCR, 86 MB)(inactive)
QIC-101 B 10-Dec-85 Two-Channel Magnetic Head for QIC-150-DC Cartridge
Tape Drives (superseded by QIC-105)
QIC-102 A 10-Dec-85 Single-Channel Dual Gap Read/Write Head for QIC-100-MC
Minicartridge Tape Drives
QIC-103 C 3-Feb-86 Basic Interface for QIC-100-MC 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Drive
QIC-104 D 12-Feb-87 Implementation of Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) for
QIC-Compatible Sequential Storage Devices
QIC-105 A 8-Apr-86 Two-Channel Magnetic Head with Erase for Use with
QIC-120-DC Cartridge Tape Drive
QIC-106 C 11-Feb-87 Single-Channel Magnetic Head for Use with QIC-40-MC
Floppy-Interface Minicartridge Tape Drives
QIC-107 A 5-Jun-86 Basic Drive Interface for Flexible-Disk-Controller-Compatible
1/4-Inch (6.35 mm) Mini Data Cartridge Tape Drives.
QIC-108 (Never Issued)
QIC-109 A 30-Jul-86 Flexible-Disk-Controller-Compatible Logical Recording Format
for Information Interchange Using 1/4 Inch (6.35 mm) Magnetic
Tape Minicartridge Tape Drives (Merged into QIC-40-MC)
QIC-110 A 19-Apr-88 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Logical Information
Interchange (26 tracks, 20,000 FTPI, GCR, ECC, 110 MB)
(inactive)
QIC-111 A 26-Aug-87 QIC-104 Options
QIC-112 A 27-Oct-87 ECC Format
QIC-113 G 15-Jun-95 Host Interchange Format
QIC-114 B 18-Jan-89 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in QIC-525-DC 525 MB
1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Drive
QIC-115 A 3-Feb-88 Basic Drive Interface for PS/2 Flexible-Disk-Controller-
Compatible 1/4-Inch (6.35 mm) Minicartridge Tape Drives
QIC-116 B 21-Jun-88 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 110 MB QIC-2110
Minicartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-117 J 28-Aug-96 Command Set Interface Specification for Flexible
Disk Controller Based Mini Data Cartridge Tape Drives
QIC-118 B 14-Jun-95 Magnetic Recording Head for use in 80 MB QIC-80-MC
Minicartridge Drives
QIC-119 E 13-Jun-90 Magnetic Recording Head for use in 1.35 GB QIC-1350-DC
Data Cartridge Tape Drives
QIC-120-DC F 20-Jun-91 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange, Fifteen track, 0.250 in (6.35 mm), 10,000 bpi
(394 bpmm) Streaming Mode Group Code Recording
QIC-121 P 14-Dec-95 Implementation of Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-2)
for QIC-Compatible Sequential Storage Devices
QIC-122 B 6-Feb-91 Data Compression Format for 1/4-Inch Data Cartridge Tape Drives
QIC-123 D 1-Sep-94 Registry of Data Algorithm Identifiers for 1/4-Inch Cartridge
Tape Drives
QIC-124 A 5-Dec-89 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 128 MB QIC-128-MC
Minicartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-125 A 13-Jun-90 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 380 MB QIC-380
Minicartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-126 D 15-Jun-94 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 1 GB QIC-1000-DC
Cartridge Drives
QIC-127 B 6-Feb-91 Sample Write Verify (SWV) Magnetic Recording Head for Use
with QIC-2000 or QIC-6000 Recording Format (inactive)
QIC-128-MC A 23-May-89 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (32 tracks, 20,000 FTPI, GCR, 128 MB)(inactive)
QIC-129 B 6-Feb-91 Read While Write (RWW) Magnetic Recording Head for Use with
QIC-2000 or QIC-6000 Recording Format (inactive)
QIC-130 C 3-Sep-92 DCLZ Data Compression Format
QIC-131 B 2-Dec-92 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 555 MB QIC-3030-MC
Minicartridge Drives
QIC-132 E 20-June-96 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 2.1 GB QIC-2100-DC
Cartridge Drives AND 5.0 GB QIC-5 GB-DC Cartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-133 G 27-Aug-97 Magnetic Head for Use in QIC-3010-MC
and QIC-3020-MC Recording Format
QIC-134 E 20-June-96 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 4 GB QIC-3070-MC
Minicartridge and 13 GB QIC-5010-DC Cartridge Drives
QIC-136 H 23-Apr-97 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange
(0.25 in, 45 000 and 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-137 H 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange
(0.25 in, 38 750 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-138 D 20-Mar-96 Unformatted Servo-Written Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for
Information Interchange (0.25 in, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe) (inactive)
QIC-139 L 23-Apr-97 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange
(0.25 in, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-140 A 26-Feb-92 Read-Only Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for
Information Interchange [For Program Distribution]
(0.25 in, 10 000-14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-141 A 26-Feb-92 Read-Only Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for
Information Interchange [For Program Distribution]
(0.25 in, 10 000-12 500 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-142 A 26-Feb-92 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 550 Oe, "Pegasus")
QIC-143 G 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 50 000 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-144 A 26-Feb-92 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 900 Oe, "Pegasus")
QIC-145 B 20-June-96 Magnetic Recording Head for use in 875 MB QIC-3060-MC
Minicartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-146 A 2-Dec-92 Autoloader SCSI Gateway Protocol: Serial Bus Implementation
QIC-147 C 13-Dec-95 Cleaning Cartridge Recognition
QIC-148 E 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-149 C 20-June-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-150-DC K 20-Jun-91 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge For Information
Interchange (18 tracks, 10,000 BPI, GCR, 250 MB)
QIC-151 B 15-Jun-94 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 750 MB QIC-3050-MC
Minicartridge Drives
QIC-152 D 20-Mar-96 Preformatted Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 45 000 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-153 D 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 70 000 ftpi, 1400 Oe)
QIC-154 A 10-Mar-94 Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC)
(Read me)
QIC-155 A 15-Jun-94 Magnetic Recording Head for Use in 2 GB QIC-3110-MC
Minicartridge Drives (inactive)
QIC-156 D 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 45 000 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-157 D 13-Dec-95 Common SCSI/ATAPI Command Set for Streaming Tape
QIC-158 B 20-June-96 Magnetic Head for Use with 1.6 GB QIC-3080-MC
Recording Format
QIC-159 C 20-June-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 400 ft, 10 000-14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-160 A 14-Dec-94 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 425 ft, 10 000-14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-161 D 13-Dec-95 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 750 ft, 14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe, Travan)
QIC-162 E 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 750 ft, 44 000 ftpi, 900 Oe, Travan)
QIC-163 C 20-Jun-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 425 ft, 76 300 ftpi, 1,800 Oe, MP++)
QIC-164 D 20-Mar-96 Unrecorded, Servo Bursts, Track I.D., Magnetic Tape Minicartridge"
(Read me) for Information Interchange (0.315 in, 740 ft, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-165 C 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 1,000 ft, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-166 C 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 1,000 ft, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-167 B 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (0.25 in, 1,000 ft, 10 000-14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-168 B 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 1,000 ft, 10 000-14 700 ftpi, 550 Oe)
QIC-169 D 23-Apr-97 Unformatted Servo-Written Magnetic Tape Cartridge for
Information Interchange (0.25 in, 1,500 ft, 76 200 ftpi, 1650 Oe)
QIC-170 D 13-May-96 Preformatted Magnetic Minicartridge for Information Interchange
(0.315 in, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-171 C 11-Dec-96 Magnetic Head for Use with 4 GB QIC-3095-MC
Recording Format
QIC-172 C 20-Mar-96 Common SCSI/ATAPI Command Set for Floppy Tape
QIC-173 C 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded, Servo Bursts, Track I.D., Magnetic Tape Minicartridge
for Information Interchange (0.315 in, 990 ft, 50 800 ftpi, 900 Oe)
QIC-174 A 21-Mar-96 CD-ROM Compatible Tape Format for Installable File System
QIC-175 B 28-Aug-96 Unrecorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (0.315 in, 1000 ft, 76 200 ftpi, 1850 Oe, MP++)
QIC-176 A 28-Aug-96 Cleaning Cartridge Recognition with Light Prism
QIC-177 A 27-Aug-97 Magnetic Head for Use with QIC-3220-MC Recording Format
QIC-178 A 27-Aug-97 Magnetic Head for Use with QIC-3210-MC Recording Format
QIC-179 A 27-Aug-97 Magnetic Head for Use with QIC-4GB-DC Recording Format
QIC-180 A 27-Aug-97 Unrecorded, Servo Bursts, Track I.D., Magnetic Tape Minicartridge
(Read me) for Information Interchange (0.315 in, 740 ft, 79 800 ftpi, 1650 Oe)
QIC-181 A 27-Aug-97 Magnetic Head for Use with QIC-5210-DC Recording Format
QIC-320 (Redesignated QIC-525-DC)
QIC-380 B 21-Aug-90 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (30 tracks, 38,750 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 380 MB)
(inactive)
QIC-385M (Redesignated QIC-500M)
QIC-410M (Redesignated QIC-555M)
QIC-500M (Redesignated QIC-3020-MC)
QIC-525-DC H 10-Mar-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (26 tracks, 20,000 FTPI, GCR, ECC, 525 MB)
QIC-555M (Redesignated QIC-3030-MC)
QIC-875M (Redesignated QIC-3060-MC)
QIC-1000-DC E 10-Mar-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (30 tracks, 45,000 FTPI, GCR, ECC, 1010 MB)
QIC-1350-DC M 4-Mar-93 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (30 tracks, 38,750 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 1350 MB)
QIC-2000M B 6-Feb-91 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (96 data tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 2 GB)
(inactive)
QIC-2100-DC E 4-Mar-93 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (30 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 2.1 GB
with 875 Feet of 900 Oe Tape)
QIC-2110 C 9-Nov-88 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (26 tracks, 20,000 FTPI, GCR, ECC, 110 MB)
(inactive)
QIC-3010-MC H 27-Aug-97 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (40 or 50 tracks, 22,125 BPI, MFM, 340 MB with
400 feet of 900 Oe 0.25-inch tape, 425 MB with 0.315-inch tape)
QIC-3020-MC H 20-Mar-96 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (40 or 50 tracks, 42,000 BPI, MFM, 680 MB with
400 feet of 900 Oe 0.25-inch tape, 833 MB with 0.315-inch tape)
QIC-3030-MC B 2-Sep-92 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (40 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, GCR 4,5, ECC, 555 MB
with 275-foot 900 Oe Tape)
QIC-3040-MC E 20-Jun-96 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (42 or 52 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, GCR 0,2 4,5, ECC,
840 MB with 400 feet of 900 Oe 0.25-inch tape, 1 GB with
0.315-inch tape)
QIC-3050-MC B 14-Jun-95 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (40 tracks, 38,750 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 750 MB
with 295 feet of 900 Oe tape)
QIC-3060-MC D 4-Mar-93 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (38 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 875 MB
with 295 feet of 900 Oe tape) (inactive)
QIC-3070-MC A 27-Feb-92 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (144 data tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC,
4 GB) (inactive)
QIC-3080-MC C 15-Dec-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (60 tracks, 45,000 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 1.6 GB)
QIC-3090-MC (Redesignated QIC-3110-MC)
QIC-3095-MC F 27-Aug-97 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
(Read me) Interchange (72 data tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 4 GB)
QIC-3110-MC A 30-Jan-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (48 tracks, 70,000 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 2 GB)
(inactive)
QIC-3210-MC B 20-Jun-96 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (56 or 72 tracks, 76,200 FTPI, GCR 0,2 4,5, ECC,
1.8 GB with 400 feet of 1800 Oe 0.25-inch tape, 2.3 GB with
0.315-inch tape)
QIC-3220-MC A 27-Aug-97 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
(Read me) Interchange (106 tracks, 79,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 10 GB with
740 feet of 1650 Oe 0.315-inch tape)Serial Recorded Magnetic
Tape Minicartridge for Information
QIC-3230-MC A 15-Jun-95 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicartridge for Information
Interchange (180 data tracks, 76,200 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC,
15.5 GB with 750 feet of MP 0.315-inch tape)
QIC-5010-DC E 15-Dec-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (144 data tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 13 GB)
QIC-5210-DC A 31-Aug-95 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (144 data tracks, 76,200 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC, 25 GB)
QIC-6000C A 6-Feb-91 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (96 data tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1, 7, ECC, 6 GB)
(inactive)
QIC-CRF1 K 11-Dec-96 Common Recording Format with Multichannel Capability for Use
with RLL 1,7 Encoded Recording Formats
QIC-CRF2 D 15-Dec-94 Common Recording Format for Use with RLL 1,7 Encoded
Recording Formats with Data Capacities of Less than 8 GB
QIC-CRF3 C 21-Mar-96 Common Recording Format for Use with Flexible Diskette
Encoded Recording Formats
QIC-2GB-DC B 10-Mar-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (42 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, GCR 0,2 4,5, ECC,
2 GB with 950 feet of 900 Oe tape)
QIC-3GB(M) (Redesignated QIC-3070-MC)
QIC-4GB-DC B 4-Mar-93 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (45 tracks, 50,800 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC,
4 GB with 1200 feet of 900 Oe tape) (inactive)
QIC-4GB-DC A 24-Apr-97 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (46 tracks, 62,000 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC,
4 GB with 1200 feet of 900 Oe tape)
QIC-5GB-DC D 10-Mar-94 Serial Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information
Interchange (44 tracks, 62,182 FTPI, RLL 1,7, ECC,
5 GB with 1200 feet of 900 Oe tape)
QIC-10GB(C) (Redesignated QIC-13GB(C))
QIC-13GB(C) (Redesignated QIC-5010-DC)
QIC 90-14 S 24-Apr-97 Hole Pattern assignments - 5.25 Inch Data Cartridge Identification Table
QIC 91-16 S 24-Apr-97 Hole Pattern assignments - 3.5 Inch Minicartridge Identification Table
QIC 95-101 E 27-Sept-97 Medium Types and Density Codes