Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm manual Features 5EXATAPE media compatibility with 8mm tape drives

1 Features

Table 1-5EXATAPE media compatibility with 8mm tape drives

EXATAPE	Thickness		Compatible 8mm Tape Drives
Length
		EXB-8200 and	EXB-8500 and	EXB-8205 and	EXB-8205XL
					and
		EXB-8200SX	EXB-8500c	EXB-8505
					EXB-8505XL
15m	13 μm	✔	✔	✔	✔
54m	13 μm	✔	✔	✔	✔
112m	10 μm	✔	✔	✔	✔
160m XL	7.7 μm	Do not use	Do not use	Automatically	✔
				ejects

#Important EXATAPE 160m XL media is compatible with the EXB-8205XL and EXB-8505XL only. The EXB-8205 and EXB-8505

will automatically eject these data cartridges.

Although Exabyte full-high 8mm tape drives will accept EXATAPE 160m XL data cartridges, they are not compatible and should not be used together.

EXATAPE 160m XL data cartridges offer the same reliability and performance as all other EXATAPE data cartridges.

All EXATAPE 160m XL data cartridges contain a single Recognition System stripe located on the tape leader for media identification. The EXB-8205XL and EXB-8505XL are capable of detecting this stripe, which they use to distinguish data-quality metal-particle media, such as EXATAPE, from other 160m media.

To maintain data integrity, the EXB-8205XL and EXB-8505XL automatically eject 160m data cartridges or equivalent length video cartridges that are not equipped with the Recognition System stripe. By rejecting potentially inferior media, the extended length tape drives ensure greater data reliability and protect the read and write heads from unnecessary wear.

May 1994	EXB-8205 and EXB-8505	1-21
	(Standard and XL)