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From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Pre-formatted tapes for HP drives
Message-ID: <2613@csccat.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 17:57:40 GMT
References: <274@istsists.ca> <26007@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> <1074@statware.UUCP>
Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler)
Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas
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In article <1074@statware.UUCP> scf@statware.UUCP (Steve Fullerton) writes:
>I used to purchase the 3M DC600HC tapes for use on a HP9144 on an HP1000
>and while they are pre-formatted, they are not certified.  For a 150 ft
>tape it required about 15 minutes to certify and an hour for 600 ft tapes.
>During the certification process, the system would be completely locked
>up and unusable.

I am not sure what 9000 box you are using but if you place an additional
HPIB card and place the tape drive on it then the lock up would not
occur. I have a 320 and the printer,plotter,floppys, and tape drive are
all on the internal HP-IB and the mounted drives are on the High-Speed
HPIB bus. Anyway you may know this but I just thought I would pass it
along.

						Jack Hudler

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