AS500: Old DAT drives not compatible with the HP B2000 workstation

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According to HP the following old DAT drives are not certified for use with the new B2000 workstation:

Type des. Article number Description

MT510 KBSC 630 004 R1 HP6400 model 2000, 2Gbyte DAT tape drive, no data compression, HP product no: C1520B

MT512 KBSC 630 057 R1 HP6400 model 2000DC, DAT tape drive, 4Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C1521B

MT511 KBSC 630 046 R1 HP6400 model 4000DC, DAT tape drive, 8Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C1530B

MT515 KBSE 011 145 R1 DAT tape drive, 8Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C2983D

MT514 KBSE 010 759 R1 DAT tape drive, 4Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C2954D

Booting from one of those may not work but once the machine is up and running they may work.

The following old DAT tape drives are certified for use with the new B2000 workstation:

Type des. Article number Description

MT516 KBSE 016 474 R1 DAT tape drive, 4 Gb native / 8Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C6362A

MT517 KBSE 016 475 R1 DAT tape drive, 12 Gb native / 24Gbyte typically with data compression, HP product no: C6364A