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sequential-access
mode
Sony SDX-300C
drive
slot
terminator
unload
VLS
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Glossary
The cassettes in the magazine are inserted into the drive in a sequential
manner, i.e. number 1 is first, number 2 is second, etc. When the last
cassette is ejected from the drive, the sequence will either stop and the
VLS will issue an error message, or loop back to the first cassette. (Also
see random-access mode.)
Drive used in the VLS SDX. It is an enhanced SCSI-2 Fast/Wide,
Single-Ended digital helical-scan cassette tape subsystem.
The place within the magazine where the media is placed. Each slot has
a reference position, i.e. position 1 through position 11.
A physical block that tells the SCSI bus that this is the end of the line. A
terminator is required at both ends of a SCSI bus. A bus may be
terminated internally (on a device inside the host system) or externally
on a peripheral device.
The process that returns the magazine to its resting position where it can
be removed from the VLS unit.
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