Radoslaw, careful what you are willing to give away - are these tapes completely free of any confidential data? We've gone to the steps of shredding old tapes just to keep the residual information secret.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3480 IDRC drives using 3490E media Andy Kochis wrote: > I work in a shop that only has 3480 IDRC drives (Memorex & IBM) and > they are looking to purchase new media as the 3480 media is producing > many IO errors. > > Does anyone know if IBM supports writing to 3490E cartridges > (re-initialized to 18 track) using 3480 IDRC drives? > > I have successfully run a few test cases, but I do not want to > instruct the client to purchase 3490E media without first confirming > it is a supported environment. > > Thanks for any information you can provide. AFAIK 3490E media (ECCST carts) *cannot* be used in 3480 drives. Is it a problem to buy CST cartridges ? Alternatively you could search IBM-MAIN archives - sometimes people want to give it for free. BTW: If anybody in Poland needs 3490E carts - I have few thousands. <g> -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
