RE: The dreaded 3570 tape drive rears its ugly head once again

> For starters, can anyone provide a link to me to a manual for 
> a 3570 tape drive?  We've got the tape drive but I can't find 
> a manual for it.  From what I've read in the archives people 
> don't seem to be shouting praises about it from the rooftops 
> and I'm starting to grumble myself.  Our 3570 seems to be 
> experiencing a fair number of media errors lately and I want 
> to know if needs service or if it's a maintenance issue on 
> our part. 

I _had_ a 3570 (split config, defined as 2 drives) up until a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately I sent the manuals back to the BP along with the drive.

Once in a great while we would start getting media errors.  Even though
there is a cleaning cartridge inside that is supposed to automagically know
when to clean, when those media errors occurred, I did a cleaning through
the front panel.  That always helped. 

YMMV.

-- 
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

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