DEC MicroVAX 3100 Owner's Manual page 148

Appendix F
Removable Storage Media
MicroVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 systems support the TZ30 tape drive,
the TK50Z-GA tape drive expansion box, the RX23 diskette drive, and the
RRD40 compact disc expansion box. All these devices use removable storage
media. This appendix contains information on the use and storage of the
media used by these devices: tape cartridges, diskettes and compact discs.
F.1 Tape Cartridges
The COMPACTape tape cartridge, Figure F -1, is a 10 by 10 cm (4 by 4
in) plastic cartridge that can be used by TZ30 or TK50 tape drives. The
TZ30 tape drive is supplied with a COMPACTape. The COMPACTape II
is the successor to the COMPACTape cartridge. The COMPACTape II is
designed with tighter tolerances than the COMPACTape to support the
higher recording densities of the TK70.
The TZ30 can use either COMPACTape or COMPACTape II tape cartridges
to record data. The TZ30 is able to read any COMPACTape cartridge
originally written by the TK5{\ If a COMPACTape II cartridge written
by a TK70 is used on a TZ30, the TZ30 automatically unloads the tape
cartridge, since the TZ30 cannot rC'ld the tape cartridge. The green LED
will then blink indicating a tape error.
Removable Storage Media F-1