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  • Subject: Re: Tape Drive Compatibility
  • From: nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:24:25 -0600
  • Organization: data design inc http://www.datadesigninc.com

> I'm in a quandry...  I have a tape device that comes up as a 9348.  I have
> another tape device on the same 400 that is a IBM 7208-002.  I am want to
> write a tape on the 9348 and read it on the 7208. (Don't ask why, its just a
> test for a real move from one 400 to another).   I am INZTAPing the tape on
> the 9348 as *FMT2GB.  When I try to DSPTAP on the 7208, all I get is a
> message "cannot process volume".  I've made sure the physical tape is fine
> and have written/read to each drive individually.  (SAVLIB'S, not compressed
> or compacted, if that matters).
>
> Am I missing something or is this just not possible.  Help???

if you format the tape on the 7208, can you write to in from the 9348?

can you read files produced on the 7208 on the 9348?

nj

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