Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm manual 8200c and 8200 Physical Track Structure

2Recording Format

Figure 2-4 shows the position of the EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL’s write (W1, W2), read (R1, R2), and servo heads, relative to the tracks as the heads pass across the tape when the tape drive is writing or reading 8500 and 8500c format tapes.

Figure 2-4Position of the tape drive’s heads relative to the tracks (8500/8500c format)

8200c and 8200 Physical Track Structure

In 8200c and 8200 formats, the tape drive writes one physical track on the tape for each revolution of the head/drum assembly. The width of the track is 25 μm. During a read operation, the tape drive reads a single track. The EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL use the W2 write head and R2 read head for these operations.

Figure 2-5 shows the physical track structure on a tape written in 8200c format. Figure 2-6 shows the physical track structure on a tape written in 8200 format.

2-6	EXB-8205 and EXB-8505	510504
	(Standard and XL)