> Fuji's documentation for tapes shows two IBM models, the rated
> speeds for the models are 7.5 and 15 MB/s.
>
> Your 12.9 seems reasonable.  Far cry from the previous 2.9 :)
>
> Is the comment correct, was HW compression ON?  Should not have been.
> A tapetype report should show the "native" capacity.

It appears to be on yes - i'm currently trying to get a response from the
vendor to tell me how to turn it off. The manual does not tell me.

Tom