[Info-vax] Respooling a TK50 Tape

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Rich Alderson <news at alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
(snip, someone wrote)

>> That will, of course, only skip to *logical* end-of-tape, not physical, but
>> that's probably not an issue in this case.  Presumably you didn't introduce
>> "bumps" into the portion of the cartridge that had not gone past the heads...
 
> Oops, forogt that this is a cartridge, which will go to physical EOT several
> times in getting to logical EOT.
 
> Yeah, skip to EOT will (should?) retension your tape nicely.

I suppose that is what TK50 does, but do the newer DLT go right
to the logical EOT?

I belive that Ultrium does.  It stores in a non-volatile memory
on the cartridge enough to know where the EOT is.  I believe it
can skip to any tape mark, not just the last, and without many
passes through the tape.

-- glen