Subject: Re: TZ87 question.
To: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/13/2001 22:45:32
Read only. They won't even write to an erased tape like the TK70 will do
with TK50 media. However, they read fine and they are even more reliable
than TK70's.
--Chuck
At 06:34 PM 6/11/01 -0500, Brian Chase wrote:
>In checking through the DLT FAQ, I found the following passage:
>
> Compatibility with the DEC TK50 and TK70 cartridges (CompacTape and
> CompacTape II, typically in use before 1985) requires the DEC TZ87
> drive, which is specially certified by DEC.
>
>The FAQ also mentions that the DEC TZ85 and TZ86 drives only accept
>CompacTape-III media. My question is "To what extent does the TZ87
>support CompacTape and CompacTape-II media?" Can it read and write
>to those tape formats, or can it only read them?
>
>-brian.