Guy's i have both 9840 & 3590 tape and i can tell you with absolute certinty that you can not put 9840 tape into 3590 drives and read them it is physicaly impossiable. but the hardware def for a 9840 is defined as a 3590.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:01 pm Subject: Re: STK 9840 in 3590 compat mode > Taddei, Cathy wrote: > > > I believe the question being asked was can they stick a 9840 > tape into a > > 3590 drive and read it, and the answer is YES. At least is was > several> years ago... > > IMHO it never was true. Do you mean 3590 or rather 3490 tapes ? > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
