Davina Treiber wrote:

>As you rightly point out, the standard does not specify interoperability,
>but we should not assume that this does not work, until we know for sure
one
>way or the other.

This ability to read each others tapes may be a late development. If my
memory is correct, the vendors at least in the early days did not even
agree on a common tape speed.


greetings,

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