RE: (fwd) Re: 7208 questions -- MIDRANGE-L

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It's a 7208-002. The 400 found it as that device also. I tried formatting a
tape at *FMT5GB but the device formatted it at 2GB. I suspect (but can't
confirm yet) that it won't read 5GB tapes.

Loyd

> On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:42:12 -0800, Pat Barber
> <MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> lg - Loyd Goodbar wrote:
> > 
> > I know this is an old tape drive...
> > 
> > What format densities are available? I know I can specify *FMT2GB. When
> I
> > specify *DEVTYPE, it also formats at 2GB. (I am using 112m tapes.)
> > 
> 
> That is model dependent... Which model do you have ???? The first 7208
> was 2.5g and with compression, you got 5gig per tape... New drives were
> more.... Get the model # and can help you more....
> 
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