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5157/5157 ACL S-Series DLT Subsystems Installation/Users Guide
Overview and Features of the 5157/5157 ACL S-series Subsystem
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1.8 Compatibility
Compaq is committed to maintaining compatibility within
the DLT family of tape drives. DLT 5157/5157 ACL tape
products are the third generation of the tape products which
can read and write all previous formats back to the DLT

260 drive, DLT

600 drive, DLT

2000 drive, DLT
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2000xt drive, and DLT

4000 drive.
The DLT 5157/5157 ACL tape drives comply with the
ANSI standard for SCSI-2. The tape media format follows
ECMA approved and ANSI proposed standards.
The DLTtape

IV tape cartridge can be used in the DLT
5157/5157 ACL tape drives. With this tape cartridge, up to
35.0 GB non-compressed formatted data can be stored.
The DLTtape

III and DLTtape

IIIxt tape may also be
used in the DLT 5157/5157 ACL tape drives. Using these
tapes, the user may select tape densities for compatibility.
The user can select tape density on the drive front panel or
by using the SCSI MODE SELCT command. The DLT
5157/5157 ACL tape drives can write and read 2.6, 6.0,
10.0, 15.0, or 20.0 GB tape formats for 100% interchange
compatibility with earlier drives. On a Write from
BOT, the DLT 5157/5157 ACL tape drives reformat the
cartridge recorder at 2.6, 6.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, or 35.0 GB
format to new specified format.
1.9 Firmware Update Capability
The DLT 5157/5157 ACL tape drives include Flash
EEPROM technology that allows easy on-site installation of
microcode updates from tape.