For
HP
Internal Use Only
Quarter-Inch Cartridge (QIC) Tape Drive Front Panel and Status Displays
Figure 1-15 shows
the
QIC
tape
drive front panel
and
indicator.
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Figure 1-15. Quarter-Inch Cartridge (QIC) Tape Drive Front Panel
1.
Drive Activity Light
2.
Tape
Access Door
Drive Activity Light: is
lit
when
the
drive is being accessed, such as when
the
motor
is
running, when
the
heads are being positioned, when a command is being executed,
and
when
data
is being transferred.
The
QIC drive can store
up
to
1.2 Gbytes, depending
upon
the
QIC format
in
which
the
data
is
written
and
which cartridge
type
is used. Refer
to
Table 1-11.
The
QIC drive reads
and
writes
the
formats shown in Table 1-12.
Table 1-11. QIC Tape Cartridge Compatibility
Tape
Write
Read
1.2GB
QIC-1000C
QIC-1000C
1.0GB
QIC-1000C
QIC-1000C
525MB
QIC-525, QIC-150, QIC-120
QIC-525, QIC-150, QIC-120,
QIC-24
320MB
QIC-525, QIC-150, QIC-120
QIC-525, QIC-150, QIC-120,
QIC-24
250MB
QIC-150, QIC-120
QIC-525, QIC-150, QIC-120,
QIC-24
150MB
QIC-150, QIC-120
QIC-150, QIC-120, QIC-24
60MB
QIC-120
QIC-120, QIC-24
45MB
NjA
QIC-24
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