But Sir Rob the Plumber, even the old 3420 drives had internal incandescent lights in the tape path to shine on the reflector. No need for external light to reflect on the strip!
One might only presume that the hardware manufacturer of this pseudo virtualized tape drive has installed virtualized LEDs (using less virtualized electricity than old-fashioned virtualized incandescent bulbs, important in this "green" day and age) to shine on a virtualized reflector strip? ;-) But that of course begs the question of whether this virtualized tape drive might have problems with their virtualized vacuum columns (for which some manufacturers used light bulbs to detect tape location, too!)? Or... didn't Richard say way back at the beginning of the thread that this was a virtualized 3490? Never mind! :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Rob van der Heij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 07/23/2008 10:47 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Interpreting Trace 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. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
