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Figure 2
Dip-switch settings for internal Scorpion 40
Data compressione (DC)
SCSI DC control
Media recognition
Self Test
Wide/Narrow SCSI
Inquiry String support
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
O
N
Default settings shown
Front of drive
Operating System
Configuration
Switches
Data compression (switches 1 and 2)
If switch 1 is ON (the default setting), hardware data
compression is enabled. If switch 1 is OFF, hardware data
compression is disabled.
If dip switch 2 is ON (the default setting) then SCSI
commands can be used to enable or disable hardware data
compression. To prevent hardware data compression from
being enabled or disabled by SCSI commands, set dip switch
2 to OFF.
Media-recognition system (switch 3)
The media-recognition system allows the drive to determine
whether a given tape cartridge conforms to the DDS tape
standard. Use of non-DDS media may appear to give
satisfactory results, but the inferior specifications of such
media can cause data-integrity problems.
Switch 3 enables or disables the media-recognition system
(MRS). If switch 3 is ON (the default setting), the drive reads
