Per IBM they can read both.
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Hy experts !
A question about tape-drives :
we have in our tape-library (IBM 3494) Magstar 3590 Modell E drives (E1A).
Because they were bought one year ago, they don' t have the facility to
read/write the extended-length-cartridges, so we use the normal cartridges
with 20 GB uncompressed.
Now we plan to upgrade those drives (IBM-upgrade-Kit) so that they can
handle the extended-length-cartridges (40GB uncompressed).
My question now : are the drives with this feature able to handle
(read/write) the old format cartridges (20 GB), or can they only read those
40 GB-cartridges.
Thanks a lot
Chr. Pilgram
