Could I hurt a DLT1 drive if I use a Cleaning Tape III on it?

Anyone know specifically how a DLT Cleaning Tape III is different from
a DLT VS Cleaning cart or a SDLT one?

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Sorry.  Meant cart as in cartridge.

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Yes.

The 3 families need different tape material. They have very different
heads (DLT: Ferrite inductive, VS: Thin film MR,  SDLT: Thin film MRC
with servo) and the drive won't accept the wrong tape type. Unless you
use a combination that the firmware engineers didn't expect. For
example it was possible to brick a SDLT220 with a Cleaning Tape III
with certain old firmware versions.

Ralf-Peter

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On 27 Oct 2004 15:11:30 -0700, "RPR" <rohbeck@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Yes.
>
>The 3 families need different tape material. They have very different
>heads (DLT: Ferrite inductive, VS: Thin film MR,  SDLT: Thin film MRC
>with servo) and the drive won't accept the wrong tape type. Unless you
>use a combination that the firmware engineers didn't expect. For
>example it was possible to brick a SDLT220 with a Cleaning Tape III
>with certain old firmware versions.
>
>Ralf-Peter


Thanks.  That's what I feared.  I guess I should trust what the
manufacturer's say more.

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