6386 Streaming tape question

[~XT6561110~Frank McGee~C23~L25~6326~]

In article <3349 at infmx.UUCP> aland at infmx.UUCP (alan denney) writes:
>Quick, and probably fruitless, question:
>Using the regular AT&T (Wangtek-made) 125 MB Streaming Tape drive,
>is there a way to write tapes at a lower density such that they can
>be read by a 60 MB drive?  There is only one set of device drivers

It isn't possible to write 60 MB tapes with the 120 MB Wangtek
drive.  This is true both on the 386 (125 MB tape unit) and
the 3B2 tape units as well.  It is a firmware limitation of the
drive itself.  However, the drive does have the capability to
read 60 MB tapes.

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Frank McGee, AT&T
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