Write-Protecting A Dat Cartridge; Cleaning The Tape Heads - Seagate Scorpion 96 Installation Manual

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DDS-2 and DDS-3 DAT drives also recognize 120-meter

cartridges and other MRS cartridges when MRS is enabled.

MRS cartridges have a series of alternating opaque and clear

stripes at the beginning of the tape. These stripes classify the

media as data-grade, rather than audio-grade. Four

recognition holes allow the drive to identify the type of tape,

determine its magnetic thickness, and to determine whether

the tape is prerecorded or unrecorded or is a cleaning

cartridge. Other cartridge features that allow the drive to

optically sense cartridge in are Beginning-of-tape and End-of-

tape.

Write-protecting a DAT cartridge

Figure 13 shows how to write-protect or write-enable a DAT tape

using the sliding write-protect tab. You can only write data to the

tape when the tab is in the closed position.

Figure 13. Write-protect tab on the DAT cartridge

If excessive magnetic dust or debris collects at one or more

of the tape heads, your drive may not be able to read from or

write to tape or may experience excessive errors. In this

case, the "Cassette" LED will flash as a warning.

Note. A slowly flashing green LED in conjunction with the

yellow LED indicates that a prerecorded audio tape has

been inserted in the drive.

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