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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1991
Ross W Johnston, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Theodore D Rees, Mountain View, CA (US);
Edward J Rhodes, San Jose, CA (US);
R-Byte, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A complete digital data storage magnetic tape system for utilization with a host unit comprising a host device, an interface for interfacing the host unit with the DDS system, a controller for encoding and decoding data to and from the magnetic tape, an automatic track follower for performing automatic track following on the magnetic tape, a driver for driving the magnetic tape, a read/write channel for channeling data thereto and therefrom, a read/write head drum for transferring data to and from the magnetic tape, the controller, the automatic track follower, the driver, the read/write channel, and the read/write head drum all being under software programmable control.