3490 3480 Tapes

A 3480 tape drive is an 18-track cartridge tape device which does not have the data compression feature.

A 3490 tape drive is an 18-track cartridge unit which has the data compression feature installed (with a few 36 track exceptions). A 3490E tape drive is a true 36-track cartridge unit. These tape drives actually write in 18-track mode down the entire length of a tape and then reverse to write again on a 2nd set of 18-tracks. This explains why rewind times can be very good for a full 36-track tape -- it's actually back at the physical load point even though it's at the logical End-of- Tape (EOT).

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