HP 88780 9-track tape drive

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Sat Apr 3 19:39:46 1999

Sergey Svishchev <svs_at_ropnet.ru> wrote:
> When tape is loaded, both "1600" and "6250" are highlighted on front panel.

Looking in the 7979A/7980A/7980XC users's guide (those are other model
numbers for the HP drive), I see that means the drive thinks that a
"tape of unknown density" has been loaded. That's different than a
blank tape, for which it would leave all the density lights off.

-Frank McConnell
Received on Sat Apr 03 1999 - 19:39:46 BST