12 Aug
2016
12 Aug
'16
12:06 p.m.
On 08/12/2016 11:19 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
I think some drives can handle mid-tape density
changes. It may even
have been done by DEC, though I may be confusing that with the odd
case of RSTS distribution tapes which started out with a DOS-11 label
and then switched to ANSI labels.
Sure, especially the older ones. (Doing it on the 60x/65x CDC drives was
mostly a matter of pushing a button). But what drive was used to write
this (DEC) tape is a mystery.
--Chuck