And write.
Jim Sporer
At 10:46 AM 10/27/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Per IBM they can read both.
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/27/00 10:05AM >>>
>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
