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Re: <RANT>HP ESC and Help re C1537A DDS-3
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Holger Wiemann <[log in to unmask]>
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Holger Wiemann <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:31:36 +0100
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Steve Patterson wrote in message ...
>This morning I tried to
>:STORE to an old HP-cut SUBSYS tape, which is a 60 meter DDS tape.  It was
>write-enabled via the little white slider, but when the :STORE got
underway,
>the message:
>
>10:41/18/LDEV#7 WRITE NOT ENABLED
>
>appeared on the console.  Does anyone know of any limitations
(undocumented)
>with the C1537A and 60 meter DDS-1 DATs, especially with tapes previously
cut
>by HP?

Hi Steve,

there is no problem writing to DDS1 (60m) DATs with a HPC1537 but ...
it must be one prepared for media recognition! In the very first days of DDS
the tapes didn't have this specific feature and only can be read with the
modern tape devices. You can recognize whether a DAT is prepared for 'media
recognition' by the written label 'Media Recognition System' and/or four
bars in the right top corner of the cartridge.

Holger Wiemann
HP Germany

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