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Article #19391Re: tape formatting
From: Kenneth Ng
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:22
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:22
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In article <1993Jan6.190218.27492@gvl.unisys.com: pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes: :I formatted a tape in my CMS Jumbo 250 for the first time last night, using :CMS-supplied software. When the 1:00:00 appeared in the "time remaining" :field, I assumed that that meant 1 MINUTE (even though that should have been :represented as 1:00.00). It really took an hour. :My question is: what the Hell is it doing for that hour? [edit] : What is there about formatting a tape that makes it take that long? The CMS drives really use the floppy drive controller to do all the work, that is why it is so cheap (I know, I have one). I would say that it takes at least a minute to format a 1 meg floppy. The drive appears to write format marks onto the tape. Considering that the tape is 125 meg long, it really does not surprise me that it takes an hour. Actually, for me, it takes darn close to two hours. Perhaps you have the accelerator board? -- Kenneth Ng Please reply to ken@eies2.njit.edu for now. Apple and AT&T lawsuits: Just say NO!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!fdurt1.fdu.edu!wisdom.bubble.org!sugra!ken From: ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: tape formatting Message-ID: <1993Jan8.122239.5000@sugra.uucp> Date: 8 Jan 93 12:22:39 GMT References: <1993Jan6.190218.27492@gvl.unisys.com: Organization: Private Computer, Totowa, NJ Lines: 19