Technical data

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Handling quarter-inch magnetic tape cartridgesQuarter-inch cartridge tape
2.4.3 Mechanical write protection for quarter-inch
magnetic tape cartridges
You can protect magnetic tape cartridges from inadvertent overwriting or
deletion by twisting the SAFE switch until the arrow points to the SAFE position
(see diagram below)
Figure 7: Mechanical write protection for a quarter-inch magnetic tape cartridge
(1) write-protected
(2) not write-protected
Insertion and removal of magnetic tape cartridges is described in the section
“Operating the quarter-inch MTC drive” on page 7.
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