On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:30:41 Richard Sims wrote:

"Well, neither applications nor libraries should actually be tracking that
kind of information, given the propensity of removeable media to migrate
and periodically inhabit different locales: such statistical information
about a cartridge should be carried by the cartridge.

More modern tape technologies incorporate a non-volatile memory chip in
the cartridge to record information and track usage.  LTO has CM
(Cartridge Memory), and AIT has MIC (Memory in Cassette).  DLT and 3590,
unfortunately, lack such auxiliary memory.  (The 3590 has a Volume Control
Region at the head of the tape, for limited recording.)"

Question is: Do you possibly know any software capable of extracting info
from LTO CM??
(I mean of course a program that can be run against a suspected cartridge)


Wieslaw