[rescue] DLT2000/4000 "loader only"?

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 08:40 AM, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
>>> Can anyone comment on the meaning of the "loader only" and
>>> "standalone" stickers found on DLT2000 and DLT4000 ...
>
>     Jeffrey> Perhaps that's all it is, different faceplates?
>
> The stand-alone DLT drives I have all have a clunky hand-operated 
> "door"
> that would certainly be a deficit in a loader.  I haven't seen a
> "loader" DLT, but I suspect that door is not attached, but there may be
> some other mechanism to keep the tape in place.

   I have a couple of "loader only" DLT drives here, and their doors are 
intact.

   The plot thickens.

       -Dave

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