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tape drive Message #1 Posted by j.moore on 14 Aug 2001, 3:35 p.m. Is there a format command for for the tapes in the hp 85. If i use a new tape I get a search error. I have no manuals.

Re: tape drive Message #2 Posted by Yos Feit on 16 Aug 2001, 10:16 a.m., in response to message #1 by j.moore If someone knows better please correct me, but I remember that those tapes came pre-formatted and there was no initialization or formatting command. Those were the days when DEC sold preformatted 5" floppy disks at $10 each.

Re: tape drive Message #3 Posted by Matt Kernal (US) on 16 Aug 2001, 11:04 a.m., in response to message #1 by j.moore From page 175 of the HP 85 "Owner's manual and Programming Guide" (August 1979): "To set up the tape directory, make sure that the RECORD slide tap is in the right-most position and then initialize the tape with ERASETAPE command. The ERASETAPE command renders all previously recorded information on the tape innaccessible." "You must initialize any tape being used for the first time and any recorded tape that is to be erased for re-use. If you execute CAT on a tape and a READ or SEARCH error appears in the display, the tape probably needs to be initialized" Hope that helps, Matt

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