Mechanical operations and volume format identifying system zones

Details Mechanical operations and volume format identifying system zones Mechanical operations and volume format identifying system zones

1997-08-07

1999-02-16

Psitos, Aristotelis M.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

General processing of a digital signal

Data in specific format

360 50, G11B 509

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058726675

ABSTRACT:
There is described a tape format and a method for formatting a length of magnetic tape with a number of system zones. Each system zone contains an area for mechanical load/unload operations or threading operations and an area containing volume format information for the entire magnetic media.

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