General Information; About This Manual; Intended Audience; Related Publications - Exabyte EXB-8200 Maintenance Manual

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The EXB-8200 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem Maintenance Manual de-
scribes how to repair or test an EXABYTE™ EXB-8200 8mm Cartridge Tape
Subsystem (EXB-8200).

1.1 About This Manual

This manual contains 18 sections. Section 1 provides general information that
you need to know before you begin testing or repairing the EXB-8200, includ-
ing information about the following:
Static protection requirements
The test and repair environment
Required test tapes
Required tools and test equipment

Related publications

Performing an EXB-8200 unit test.
Sections 2 through 18 of this manual describe how to repair, maintain, and
test the EXB-8200. Each section describes the preparation needed for each
task and then provides step-by-step instructions for completing the task.
The instructions in each section of this manual are organized so that all fig-
ures appear on a left-hand page and the associated descriptions appear on the
adjacent right-hand page. If the description associated with a figure continues
beyond a single page, the figure is repeated.

1.1.1 Intended Audience

This manual is provided to assist EXABYTE Self Maintenance Contract Cus-
tomers in the repair and testing of the EXB-8200.
1.1.2 Related Publications
The following manuals and user's guides are referred to in this manual.
These manuals and guide books are necessary to understand and accomplish
some of the tasks referred to in this manual.
EXB-8200 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem User's Manual, 510006
EXB-8200 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem Product Specification, 510005
EXB-8200 8mm Cartridge Tape Subsystem Compatibility Manual, 510002
May 1990
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