HP 98568A Installation Instruction page 339

HP 7979A/7980A/7980XC Tape Drives
NOTE!
These tape drives are to be installed by an HP Customer
Engineer. The installation cost is included in the purchase
price of the unit.
Description and Support
The HP 7979A is a 125 ips 1/2 -inch 9-track open-reel tape drive supplied in
an upright cabinet. It supports 1600 cpi Phase Encoded (PE) format (can be
upgraded to 6250 cpi).
The HP 7980A is a 125 ips 1/2 -inch 9-track open-reel tape drive which
supports 1600 Phase Encoded (PE) format and 6250 Group Coded Recording
(GCR) format.
The HP 7980XC is the same as the 7980A, with the added feature of being able
to read and write in compressed format.
HP 7979/80A and 7980XC
Series 300 HP-UX Operating System Support
on Release with Model
6.2 or later
all Series 300
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