That rings a bell.  It seems that several months ago I had a probelm with one 
tape.  Looking at the tapeutil inventory for that slot it showed the "Slot 
State" for that element address as "Error" or similar instead of Normal.  I 
checked out the tape, examined the barcode and checked it back in and it was 
o.k. then, it probably went into a different slot..


David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
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Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
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>>> James.Poehlman AT BDK DOT COM 03/27/01 02:23PM >>>
My 3575 L12 had to have the barcode reader replaced for this problem after
about 6 months.  It seemed to pick on certain slots. IBM adjusted
twice, then replaced.  I have also had some cartridges that the bar code
reader could not read,  and in one case misread the barcode.  This was a
tape
-barcode problem.  Barcode looked fine, but barcode reader could not
read it.  I have had about five of these out of about 1000 tapes.
read it.  I have had about five of these out of about 1000 tapes.
Try tapes in different slots.
Denny P.