Patent ID: 6057973
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for positioning a recording tape loaded into tape drive, said recording tape include data written in segments which are defined by a format of said recording tape, said method comprising:determining said format of said tape from physical indicia located on said tape;receiving a command indicative of a predetermined number of segments to move said recording tape;converting said predetermined number of segments to a distance value in accordance with said format, said distance value being based on said predetermined number of segments, a length of a segment and a length of an inter-segment gap which disposed between adjacent segments;determining a number of pulses per unit of movement length of tape generated by a tape drive motor;calculating a total number of pulses representative of said predetermined number of segments based on said distance value and said number of pulses per unit of movement length;moving said recording tape without reading from, or writing to, said recording tape during movement over said total number of pulses; and thereafterstopping said recording tape.