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Article #2906Re: Can an Archive 2150S tape drive be set read-only?
From: Don Lewis
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 09:22
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 09:22
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In article <1994Jan3.191320.486@pphbau.atr.bso.nl>,
PPH Bauwens <paul@pphbau.atr.bso.nl> wrote:
>Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.COM) wrote:
>
>: This is NOT true.
>
>: DC600A tapes will be written in 120MB (QIC-120) format. The drive can READ
>: data written in 30 and 60MB format, however, it will write on 60MB tapes
>: with a capacity of 120MB (I don't know about the 30MB format; it may not be
>: able to write on those; I've never tried it).
>
>I never had much luck with using DC600A 10000ftpi (or flux changes/inch)
>tapes in my Archive 2150S. How about a possible difference between a
>_blank_ DC600A and one that has been already magically written at QIC-120?
I've had problems writing QIC-120 format tapes if they were previously
written in 60MB format. Erasing the tape, removing it from the drive,
and re-inserting it was enough to make it writable. I don't know what
brand of QIC-150 drive it was.
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