XEN-PC OWNER'S HANDBOOK
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Operating the Apricot XEN-PC
Chapter 3
Use only cassettes bearing the DDS symbol; you cannot
play audio DAT cassettes with these drives, even on
systems equipped with Apricot Professional Audio.
The DDS drive has a nominal capacity of 1.3 Gbytes on a 60-
metre cassette, with a sustained transfer rate of 183 Kbytes/
second.
The DDS-DC drive writing uncompressed data has a nominal
capacity of 1.3 Gbytes on a 60-metre cassette or 2.0 Gbytes
on a 90-metre cassette, with a sustained transfer rate of 366
Kbytes/second. At a data compression ratio of 4:1 the DDS-
DC drive has a nominal maximum capacity of 5.2 Gbytes on
a 60-metre cassette or 8.0 Gbytes on a 90-metre cassette; the
sustained transfer rate is increased by the same ratio. However,
the actual compression ratio and transfer rate achievable in
any particular case depend on the characteristics of the data
being compressed, and may be higher or lower than these
nominal figures.
Interpreting
There are two LED (light-emitting diode) indicators on the
the LED
drive's front panel. The Cassette in Place (green) and Drive
indicators
Busy (amber) LEDs show the status of the drive:
Green
Amber
Drive status
On
Off
Cassette inserted
On
On
Cassette inserted: tape being read or written
Flashing
On/Off
Media warning
slowly
Flashing
On
Drive could not write to tape correctly
rapidly
On/Off
Flashing
Hardware error or high humidity
rapidly
Summary of Contents for XEN-PC apricot
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Page 16: ...1 4 XEN PC OWNER S HANDBOOK Introducing the Apricot XEN PC Chapter 1 2 1 3 4 5 ...
Page 21: ...Chapter Chapter2 GETTING STARTED WITH THE APRICOT XEN PC ...
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Page 60: ...Chapter Chapter5 UPGRADING THE APRICOT XEN PC ...
Page 89: ...Chapter Chapter6 USING THE SETUP UTILITY ...
Page 103: ...Chapter Chapter7 TROUBLESHOOTING ...
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