Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm manual Features, Recording Format, Functional Description

Figures

Features

Figure 1-1Comparison of the four tape drives		1-3
Figure 1-2Front panel		1-9
Figure 1-3Label location and content		1-10
Figure 1-4Back panel (single-ended configuration)		1-11
Figure 1-5Internal components (EXB-8505 shown)		1-13
Figure 1-6	Location of the read heads and write heads	1-14
Figure 1-7	External dimensions in inches (and millimeters)	1-17
Figure 1-8	EXB-210 8mm Library	1-18
Figure 1-9	Mini Tabletop CTSs with EXB-8505s installed	1-19

Recording Format

Figure 2-1Helical-scan recording		2-2
Figure 2-2Relationship of 8mm physical track structures to logical data formats . .		2-4
Figure 2-3Physical track structure for 8500 and 8500c format		2-5
Figure 2-4Position of the tape drive’s heads relative to the tracks
	(8500/8500c format)	2-6
Figure 2-5Physical track structure for 8200c track format		2-7
Figure 2-6	Physical track structure for 8200 track format	2-7
Figure 2-7	Position of the tape drive’s heads relative to the tracks
	(8200c format)	2-8
Figure 2-8	Physical block format for all logical formats
	(8200c or 8500/8500c physical track structure shown)	2-9
Figure 2-9	Logical block packing (one physical block)	2-14
Figure 2-10Gap bytes (one physical block)		2-15
Figure 2-11One gap block and one gap track in two physical tracks		2-16

Functional Description

Figure 3-1Data flow during a write operation Figure 3-2Data flow during a read operation

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Requirements for Use

Figure 4-1SCSI ID jumper block on the back panel (single-ended configuration) . . 4-2Figure 4-2Mounting holes on the sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4Figure 4-3Mounting holes on the bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4Figure 4-4Mounting hole dimensions in inches (and millimeters) . . . . . . . . . . 4-5Figure 4-5SCSI connector location on the back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8Figure 4-6LEDs on the faceplate of the EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL . . . . . . . . .4-12Figure 4-7LEDs on the faceplate of the EXB-8205 and EXB-8205XL . . . . . . . . .4-12

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	(Standard and XL)