9-Tracks Drives, especially Overland Data - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Dec 2001

On Dec 23, 12:50, Zane H. Healy wrote:
...
  A while back I managed to get a nice little Overland
Data OD5612 SCSI
 9-Track tape drive. [...]
...
  Anyway I just noticed something.  It's got a
selector switch on it for
 1600bpi and 6250bpi.  Am I correct in assuming that this means that I can
 only read those two formats? 
I don't know anything about that specific drive, but I'd guess the answer
is "yes".  It might do 3200, which is phase-encoded like 1600, but probably
not 800, which is NRZI and needs different electronics (and is actually
harder to do reliably, according to some manufacturers).

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