Technical data

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8 mm MTC drive (7 Gbyte) Operation
● The tape motion indicator (3, green LED) only lights up after the system
has been powered up. It then flashes and is extinguished once the self-test
of the drive has been passed successfully.
The data transfer indicator flashes while the drive is being accessed, and
stops flashing when there is no access, i.e. no data is being sent to it.
● The standby indicator (4) indicates the following situations:
– It does not glow or flash when there is no cartridge in the drive.
It also does not glow or flash if the drive contains a cartridge whose tape
is not wound round the read/write head.
– It glows when the drive contains a cartridge whose tape is not being
spooled. The tape is wound round the read/write head.
– It flashes when the drive contains a cartridge whose tape is being
spooled. It also flashes when the drive needs cleaning.
An 8mm tape requires relatively long startup and positioning times, during
which the standby indicator flashes constantly.
V You must not press the release button of the MTC drive if the data
transfer indicator is lit or is flashing and the standby indicator is flashing,
otherwise you could lose data.
Inserting an 8 mm magnetic tape cartridge
Ê Check that neither the tape motion indicator nor the standby indicator is
flashing.
Ê Look into the MTC drive to check that no cartridge is already inserted.
Ê With the window to the left, push the cartridge into the drive slot until it is
drawn in automatically.
V If you insert the cartridge incorrectly you will feel some resistance. Do not
then try to insert the cartridge forcefully into the drive!