Design Of The Drive; Tk70 Tape Drive - Digital Equipment MicroVAX 3600 Operation

Figure 3-5: TK70 Tape Drive
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To operate the drive properly, you must carefully monitor the indicator lights.
The instructions for inserting and removing cartridges, which appear later in
this section, tell you what should happen at each step. A table at the end of
the section summarizes light and control combinations.
3.1.2.1 Design of the Drive
The TK70 tape drive operates somewhat like areel-to-reel tape deck. Inside
the drive is a take-up reel with a leader attached. Inside the cartridge is
a single reel containing the magnetic tape. When you insert the cartridge
and push in the handle, the leader in the drive automatically couples with
the leader in the cartridge, and the tape winds onto the take-up reel. The
coupling and winding process is called loading. When the automatic loading
process is complete, the tape is ready to use.
Using System Options 3-11