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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
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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
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