IBM 2.3GB Internal 8mm Tape Drive / External 7208-001
Tape Drive 2.3GB: 16G8421 <- 31G9487 <- 91F0847 <- 70F9793 <- 21F8842
_________________________________ Power Supply 7208.. 00G2960
| IBM 7208-001 _____________ | Fan 7208........... 42F7300
| |||| | ###### | | Data Tape 112m Qty1. 21F8575
| _ |||| | ###### | | Date Tape 112m Qty5. 21F8595
| |=| |||| |_o_o________| | Test Tape Cartridge 21F8577
|__|_| 0_____________| |__________|
| | |
| | |
Power-On Light Off On Ready for use
On On Doing Power-On Self Test
Flashing On Busy reading or writing
FFC 972 On Off Fault or error condition
CLEANING: Every 30 HOURS of tape motion or once a month.
Cleaning Tape Cartridges 16G8467 ( more abrasive type )
21F8563 ( Old type, less abrasive, subs to 16G8467)
Some usefull commands to know that may reset the error condition
( reset amber flashing light, eject stuck cartridge )
1) diag -c -d rmtX
OR
2) tctl -f /dev/rmtX reset
... followed by
tctl -f /dev/rmtX offline
( X = ID of your tape drive. Example: rmt0, rmt1, etc... )
NOTE: The 2.3GB 8MM tape drive will accept the 160M media when inserted BUT
may have unpredictable results on some operations such as, the TCTL
'erase' command which could take up to 9 hours to complete and will
NOT complete successfully !
NOTE: There is no downloadable microcode for the 2.3GB tape drive
Updated: Nov 2002 by Bruno Croft