Technical data

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Technical data 8 mm MTC drives
The following status messages can be displayed for the drive in response to the
appropriate actions:
I These messages are for information purposes only and do not require
any action by the user.
The following tape activity messages may appear while you are using the drive:
Status messages Meaning
READY–NO TAPE Drive is ready, cassette can be inserted
LOADING Drive is drawing in the cassette
READY-TAPE Cassette has been drawn in, drive is ready for
read/write procedures
EJECT Eject button has been pressed, cassette will be
ejected when the drive has completed the current
operation
EJECT-PREVNT Drive is set so that the software prevents the
cassette from being ejected
Tape activity messages Meaning – possible solution
READ+ Drive reading data
+ sign means: data is compressed
WRITE+ Drive writing data,
+- sign means: data is being compressed
PROTECTED Cassette is write-protected, data cannot be written
to the tape
Ê Remove cassette write protection, see page 46
ILLEGAL TAPE Cassette cannot be accessed by the drive
Ê Use a different cassette (20 Gbyte)
SEARCH Data is being searched for on the tape
REWIND Tape is being rewound
ERASE Data is being deleted