IBM 9348 9-track tape drive

[Lyle Bickley]

On Friday 17 June 2005 08:16, Al Kossow wrote:

> It is also 1600/6250 only, and 88780s are pretty rough on
> sticky tapes, so don't try using it on anything irreplacable.

A couple of other thoughts on this drive - there are two modes of operation of 
the drive - one of which is much more gentle to tapes.  I've set up my drives 
to always operate in the "safe" mode by default.  If I am create a new tape 
with good media, I modify the "default" to "normal" tape handling.

You will want to dump out the 75 or so parameters programmed into the drive 
and write them down before you change them.  Slightly painful - but a very 
smart thing to do.  Use the Service Manual for guidance on how to do this.

Lyle
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