Specifying Tape Drive or Floppy Disk Drive Format

The T-FORMAT command rewinds the tape and sets the tape format. Supported tape formats are listed below. Your choice of formats is limited by the capabilities of the tape drive and the tape cartridge currently in the drive. The following tape formats are available for 1/4-inch tape drives:

• QIC11

• QIC24

• QIC120

• QIC150

• QIC525

• QIC1000

• QIC2000

The following tape formats are available for 8mm tape drives:

• 8200

• 8200C

• 8500

• 8500C

• HD/LD (High Density/Low Density) provided for backward compatibility on 8500 drives

The following floppy disk formats are available for floppy disk drives:

• RAW-ON

• RAW-OFF

To determine what tape format is currently set:

1. Type T-FORMAT with the ? option. Messages similar to the following display:

[6032] FLOPPY TAPE. FORMATTED DATA READ/WRITE [6045] FLOPPY RAW MODE OFF [6061] QUARTER INCH TAPE, QIC 150 FORMAT

2. Select the tape and floppy disk formats from a menu. Each of the format values can be specified on the command line.

3. When the tape format is set, or if the tape unit is already set to the format you specify, the following message displays:

TAPE FORMAT SET

If an invalid selection is entered at the prompt, the following message displays:

[ 6013 ] INVALID TAPE FORMAT SPECIFIED

See Also

Using mvBase Tape Units