System and method of controlling data transfer rate in a magnetic tape drive
US5303095A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/10814
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for slowing the data transfer rate in a magnetic tape cartridge drive is presented for a better match in transfer rates between a host computer and the drive. The transfer is slowed after the start of the data transfer operation to selected transfer rates below the nominal transfer rate of the drive. The requirements of density of data on the magnetic tape remains unaffected so that the magnetic tapes are interchangeable with present drives.
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