
EXATAPE 8mm Data Cartridge
15m 54m 112m 160m XL
EXB-8205 and
EXB-8505
✔✔✔
Not supported
(automatically
ejected)
EXB-8205XL and
EXB-8505XL
✔✔✔✔
EXB-8200 and
EXB-8200SX
✔✔✔
Not
supported
EXB-8500 and
EXB-8500c
✔✔✔
Not
supported
Loading Data Cartridges
When a data cartridge is inserted into the CTS, the tape is
automatically loaded into the tape path and positioned at LBOT.
During the load operation, the CTS determines the tape format and
the length of the tape (see page C-4 for an explanation of the
autosizing process). The CTS goes to the ready state (bottom LED on
solid) after it has finished loading the tape.
If you want to prevent automatic loading, you can disable it using the
MODE SELECT command (see the NAL bit on page 10-53), or you
can request an EEPROM option that prevents autoloading (see the
“No autoload cartridge” option on page A-8). If you have prevented
autoloading, you must issue a LOAD (1Bh) command to load the tape.
Unloading Data Cartridges
Depending on the CTS’s EEPROM image (see the “Button action”
option on page A-20), the unload button can function in one of three
ways:
As a “normal” unload button (default)
As a “fast” unload button
As a “super fast” unload button
The following are descriptions of what happens when you press the
unload button in each of its three versions.
Table 3-1 Compatibility of EXATAPE 8mm Data Cartridges and Exabyte 8mm CTSs
May 1994 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505
(Standard and XL)
3-3
3 Implementing CTS Operations
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