On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Say... could it be that the virtualized silver tape reflector fell off the > beginning or end of the virtualized tape? And are you sure that the > virtualized silver tape reflector is on opposite edges of the shiny surface > of the virtualized tape media? I can't remember which edge gets the leading > and trailing silver tape reflectors. You'll have to ask your hardware > supplier to experiment with opposite edges. ;-) But Sir Mike! The modern 3480 cartridge does not do shiny bits anymore. After all, the cartridge is closed so there is no light that will go in to shine ;-) The control unit is smart enough to count the operations that move the tape, and indeed... virtualizes BOT.
