IBM F50 RS/6000 7025 - Manual (Page 52)

Loading the 8-mm Tape Cartridge
Before loading the tape cartridge, make sure the power is on and the write-protect
tab on the tape cartridge is properly set. Refer to “Setting the Write-Protect Tab on
8-mm Tape Cartridges” on page 2-21. The tape drive loads the tape from the
cartridge and prepares it for reading and writing.
To load the 8-mm tape cartridge, do the following:
1. Grasp the edges of the 8-mm tape cartridge with the write-protect tab toward you
and the window side of the cartridge facing to the right.
2. Slide the tape cartridge into the opening on the front of the 8-mm tape drive until
the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive and the drive door
closes. The ready status light (green) goes on if the load operation was
successful.
The 8-mm tape drive is ready for data operations when the tape cartridge is inserted.
After the cartridge is inserted into the tape drive, the tape takes about 25 seconds to
load; this does not interfere with beginning the data operations.
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