Automated tape cartridge library with accelerated calibration
US5819309A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic tape cartridge library includes a memory which stores calibration parameters associated with the tape cartridges and the tape drives. The tape cartridges preferably have a cartridge identifier written to the tape in a plurality of locations along the tape. When a tape cartridge is inserted into a tape drive, the appropriate calibration parameters are retrieved in order to bypass a tape drive initialization sequence.
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