Data General 6675, Инструкции по установке и эксплуатации

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Operating the Drive
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5. Hold the cartridge tape with the metal plate oriented as shown in Figure 7.
Gently push the cartridge tape into the drive opening; then push firmly all the
way into the drive. Close the drive door.
Cartridge tape drive,
vertically mounted
1/4–inch cartridge tape
Cartridge tape drive,
horizontally mounted
Metal plate
Metal plate
1/4–inch cartridge tape
Figure 7 Inserting a Cartridge Tape into the Tape Drive
As you push the cartridge into the drive’s cartridge–insertion slot, the drive
pulls in the cartridge and automatically positions it. The green drive–busy LED
(Figure 6) lights to indicate that the drive is checking the format of the
cartridge tape and is positioning the tape at the “Logical Beginning of Tape”
position. This check takes about 10 –12 seconds. If the drive and its LED do
not behave in this manner, refer to the section “Solving Operating Problems.”
NOTE: If the tape is blank, the drive automatically initializes (formats)
the tape during the first write operation. This procedure takes
about 30 additional seconds. When the drive finishes initializing
the tape, the green LED goes out. If you eject the tape before it is