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36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt CT 4 hp300
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm ct
41.Nd
42.Tn CS/80
43cartridge tape interface
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Cd "ct0 at hpibbus? slave ?"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The cartridge tape interface as found in the 7946 and 9144 products
48provides a standard tape drive interface as described in
49.Xr mtio 4
50with the following exceptions:
51.Bl -enum
52.It
53There is only one density.
54.It
55Only the
56.Dq raw
57interface is supported.
58.It
59The
60.Dv MTIOCTOP
61.Xr ioctl 2
62is limited.
63In particular, the command,
64.Dv MTFSR
65is not supported.
66.It
67The
68.Dv MTIOCGET
69.Xr ioctl 2
70is not supported.
71.It
72The record size for read and write operations must be between
731K and 64K inclusive.
74.El
75.Pp
76Special files
77.Pa rct0
78through
79.Pa rct3
80refer to rewind on close interfaces to drives 0 to 3.
81Files
82.Pa rct4
83through
84.Pa rct7
85refer to no-rewind interfaces.
86Files
87.Pa rct8
88through
89.Pa rct11
90refer to streaming rewind on close interfaces. (Only 9144 type devices
91can stream.)
92Lastly,
93.Pa rct12
94through
95.Pa rct15
96refer to streaming no-rewind interfaces.
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr mt 1 ,
99.Xr tar 1 ,
100.Xr mtio 4
101.Sh BUGS
102Read and writes of less than 1024 bytes will not behave as expected.
103