Summary: EXA8500C and density flags (corrected)

From: Syd Weinstein (syd@dsinc.dsi.com)
Date: Wed Nov 25 1992 - 15:22:42 CST


Looks like I patched in the wrong line,.... actual correct entry is:

> Original question:
> > Subject: EXA8500C and density flags
> >
> > I am making up a new st_conf.c for our 8500C drive and I have modified it to read:
> > /* Exabyte 8mm 5GB cartridge with Compression */
> > {
> > "Exabyte EXB-8500C 8mm Helical Scan", 16, "EXABYTE EXB8500C",
> > ST_TYPE_EXB8500, 1024,
> > (ST_VARIABLE | ST_BSF | ST_BSR | ST_LONG_ERASE),
> > 5000, 5000,
> > { 0x14, 0x00, 0x8C, 0x8C },
> > { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
> > },
> >
> > ok, so far so good, but the line
> > { 0x14, 0x00, 0x8C, 0x8C },
> >
> > specifies the density modes. I'd like to be able to use them
> > as 8200, 8500, 8200 w/compression, 8500 w/compression
> > How do I change this line to specify that?
>
> Answer:
/* Exabyte 8mm 5GB cartridge with Compression */
{
        "Exabyte EXB-8500C 8mm Helical Scan", 16, "EXABYTE EXB8500C",
        ST_TYPE_EXB8500, 1024,
        (ST_VARIABLE | ST_BSF | ST_BSR | ST_LONG_ERASE),
        5000, 5000,
        { 0x14, 0x15, 0x90, 0x8c },
        { 0, 0, 0, 0 }

> Thanks to:
> dan@bellcore.com (Daniel Strick)

Sorry about that.

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