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Eject dat tape hp drive

From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Tape Busy
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 17:46:50 -0700
Message-ID: <1nq6hsoqu5dke47l4iiif3749of9bjg796@4ax.com> 
References: <4.3.1.2.20000505172121.00c116f0@scogr1.cscc.maximus.com>
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On Fri, 5 May 2000 23:37:50 GMT, bill@wjv.com.REMOVEME (Bill Vermillion)
wrote:

>Kill the program,
>and the DAT could then eject.  That's the nature of the beast - it
>is designed not to let you eject a tape if it is in use.

Well, sorta.  HP drives have a not-so-secret method of ejecting the tape
when busy.  Punch the button 3 times, wait 45 seconds, and out it comes.
It's somewhere in the C1533A and C1537 manuals.


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