EXB-8505 The EXB-8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem. The
EXB-8505 is a half-high 8mm cartridge tape
subsystem that can store 10gigabytes of d ataon a
single EXATAPE 112m 8mm data cartridge,
assuming an average 2:1 compression ratio.
EXB-8505XL The EXB-8505XL 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem.
The EXB-8505XL is a half-high 8mm cartridge tape
subsystem that can store 14gigabytes of d ataon a
single EXATAPE 160m XL 8mm data cartridge,
assuming an average 2:1 compression ratio.
FFahrenheit.
FCC Federal Communications Commission.
FEPROM Flash erasable programmable read only memory.
GByte Gigabyte.
hHexadecimal (base 16) numbering system.
host The computer systemthat acts as the initiator of an
operation.
Hz Hertz.
ID Identification.
IDRC Improved Data Recording Capability. The
compression algorithm used by the EXB-8205,
EXB-8205XL, EXB-8505, and EXB-8505XL (licensed
from IBM).
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission.
initiator A host computer system that requests an operation
to be performed by the target.
ISO International Standards Organization.
KByte Kilobyte.
LBOT Logical beginning of tape.
LEOT Logical end of tape.
LUN Logical unit number.
MByte Megabyte.
MLCH Machine level control history.
May 1994 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505 G-3
(Standard and XL)
Glossary