no button luxuries on the ADIC 40/80 unit
just an unload button.

"John R. Jackson" wrote:

> >I seem to remember there being a way to get tapes setup for 20/40 to be
> >written at 35/70, but I can't remember if that was using a specific
> >software package or just using the certain buttons on the drive.
>
> I recently converted a bunch of tapes from DLT4000 (20/40) to DLT7000
> (35/50).  The steps were:
>
>   * Load the tape and wait for it to stop blinking.
>
>   * Use the Select button on the front to enable density override and
>     change it to 35 or 35+compressed.
>
>   * Run amlabel on the tape.  This was on Solaris.  I don't know if
>     that matters, i.e. whether it was just too dumb to send SCSI commands
>     that would have changed the density back or whether the button has
>     the final authority.  My guess is that the button wins.
>
> I've also been able to fully process DLT4000 written tapes on the DLT7000.
> I've never tried (and probably wouldn't trust) writing a DLT4000 format
> on a DLT7000 and reading it on a DLT4000.
>
> >Bill Carlson
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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