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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsumi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hironori Miyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
When a tape cassette is mounted, a tape drive apparatus judges whether the tape cassette is of a first mode (normal mode) or a second mode (multi-partition mode) based on one or both of management information that is read out from the magnetic tape and management information that is read out from a memory (MIC) incorporated in the tape cassette. The tape drive apparatus then an performs an operation setting in accordance with the mode thus judged.