roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (01/13/85)
Does anybody have any experience using 3600' reels of tape (i.e. 1-mil
instead of the usual 1.5-mil thick) on a DEC TU-80 tape drive. The TU80
Subsystem User Guide specifies 38.1 micron (1.5 mil) tape, but also mentions
that the drive meets ANSI X3.54-1976 and requires tape which meets ANSI
X3.40-1981. The manual also nixes using "Back-coated" tape, whatever that
is. Not having the ANSI standards in front of me (and being able to get
about zilch useful information out of my field service branch), I'm confused.
So... has anybody actually >>tried<< using 1-mil tape on the TU-80?
I suspect it doesn't make much difference, but I'm running 4.2 on a 750.
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