Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm - Manual (Page 48)

Logical Format
The following sections describe the logical characteristics of the
information recorded on the tape. The logical tape format consists of
the logical beginning of tape (LBOT) mark, followed by any number
of tracks up to the limit for the data cartridge. These tracks can
include logical blocks of data, gap blocks and gap bytes, filemarks,
setmarks, and end-of-data information.
Supported Logical Formats
The EXB-8205 and EXB-8205XL can write user data in the following
logical tape formats:
8200c (compressed)
8200
The EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL can write user data in any of the
following logical tape formats:
8500c (compressed)
8500
8200c (compressed)
8200
See Figure 2-2 for information about the correspondence between
logical tape formats and physical formats.
2-12 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505 510504
(Standard and XL)
2 Recording Format