IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Cartridge Compatibility, Setting the Write-Protect Tab on, 0GB

Tape	Cartridge Compatibility
The	8-mm	tape	drive is	compatible with existing 8-mm tape subsystems that comply
to	the	American National		Standard	(ANSI) X3B5/89-136, Helical-scan Digital
Computer		Tape	Cartridge,	8-mm for	Information Exchange. Data compression

effectively increases the cartridge capacity and data transfer rate for the cartridges.

Note: 160

meter

cartridges

are

not

processed and

are

automatically

ejected by

drive.

Format

Modes

(C=compression

mode)

8-mm Tape Drive

2.3GB

2.3GB

(C)

5.0GB

5.0GB

(C)

2.3GB

Read/Write

5.0GB

Read/Write

Read

only

Read/Write

Read/Write

Setting the Write-Protect Tab on

8-mm Tape Cartridges

Setting the write-protect

tab on

a

tape

cartridge is

necessary

so

that

informat

not accidentally lost. When the write-protect tab

of

a tape cartridge is set

closed),

information can

be read

from the

tape,

but

cannot be

written to

it.

The window on the tape cartridge controls write-protection.

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