I know that budgets are tight and you may not have money available, but we use a Westpoint Chameleon. The Chameleon is a universal tape system for IBM Mainframes and Midrange Systems, providing full backward compatibility for 18 and 36 track tape cartridges as well as for 1.2 inch open reel tapes. This is all managed by the same control unit with ESCON or Block Multiplex Channel interface. You can get a look at it at:
http://www.wpoint.co.uk/pdfs/I-5590-e-4-pages.pdf Richard Habres AVP; Enterprise Storage Technology Merrill Lynch -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Reading 3490E Cartridge on 3480E Device Hi All. Once again I look to the group for help. Our data feeding agency has upgraded to 3490E - 36 track devices. We are still 3480E-16 track devices. We can't read their cart. Is there anything that can be done so we can read what they are sending us? I am not sure if TRTCH=NOCOMP will work. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
