It was pointed out that I was incorrect about the support of 60 meter tapes in
a DDS-3 drive.  I was indeed incorrect.  DDS-3 can read to and write from a 60
meter tape, provided the MRS requirements are met (either it is disabled on the
drive or the tape is MRS.)

I got confused because I have been doing quite a bit of research on DDS-4.  I
posted a message about this last week, and in it there was this paragraph which
I reproduce here.

Backward compatibility.
The DDS-4 tape will only get the capacity and the rates detailed above using
DDS-4 150 meter tapes.  A DDS-4 drive will be able to read and write on DDS-3
125 meter tapes and DDS-2 120 meter tapes.  It will only be able to read, not
write on DDS-1 90 meter tapes.  DDS 60 meter tapes cannot be read from or
written to by a DDS-4 drive.

The last sentence is very important.

I apologize for my confusion.  Thankfully, there were other people to pick up
on my error.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com


-----Original Message-----
From:   Steve Patterson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:04 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: <RANT>HP ESC and Help re C1537A DDS-3

Denis and Art Frank tell me that you can't write to a 60 m DDS-1 in a DDS-3
drive.  OK, that answers the question, now why can't this be mentioned in the
User Guide?   Geez...

Thanks for all the replies.  I should give up on the ESC and stick to this
forum ;-)

Cheers all,

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Steve Patterson                         [log in to unmask]
Halifax Port Authority                www.portofhalifax.ca
Halifax, Nova Scotia