Hi Tom,
    Please refer to a response I gave on this listserv re labeled tapes
awhile ago.

    http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind9811A&L=hp3000-l&P=R13568

                             Eric Sand
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brandt [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 4:42 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: FCOPY and Tapes
>
> At 07:30 PM 03/16/00 -0500, Tom wrote:
> >If they are reading the tape on an IBM system, it may be missing the
> >Tape Label. There's an option on either the FCOPY or the FILE statement
> >to place an IBM-format label on the tape ahead of the Data.
>
> It's been a long time since I had to move tapes between 3000s and IBMs,
> but
> I thought (and could very well be wrong) that HP systems could only read,
> not write IBM tape labels.  3000s can both read and wite ANSI labels.
>
> Tom Brandt
> Northtech Systems, Inc.
> http://www.northtech.com