The EXB-8205XL and EXB-8505XL are fully compatible with the EXB-8205 and EXB-8505; each extended length tape drive supports all of the tape sizes and data formats supported by the corresponding standard tape drive. You can distinguish an extended length tape drive from a standard tape drive by checking the unload button. The extended length tape drives have a raised diamond pattern on the unload button.
Table 1-1 compares the features of the tape drives.
