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		<title>Larsbrinkhoff: /* Term confusion */</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-19T13:37:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Term confusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: OK, I&amp;#039;ll take care of that. Basically, as I understand it (from my study of the [[TM11]]/[[TU10]] family), &amp;#039;transport&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;drive&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;unit&amp;#039; are pretty much synonomous. &amp;#039;Controller&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;formatter&amp;#039; as also somewhat synonomous. It all depends on the manufacturer though; how they paritition stuff, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication. E.g. the DEC &amp;#039;master&amp;#039;/&amp;#039;slave&amp;#039; drive stuff. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:33, 19 January 2018 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;: OK, I&amp;#039;ll take care of that. Basically, as I understand it (from my study of the [[TM11]]/[[TU10]] family), &amp;#039;transport&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;drive&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;unit&amp;#039; are pretty much synonomous. &amp;#039;Controller&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;formatter&amp;#039; as also somewhat synonomous. It all depends on the manufacturer though; how they paritition stuff, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication. E.g. the DEC &amp;#039;master&amp;#039;/&amp;#039;slave&amp;#039; drive stuff. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:33, 19 January 2018 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:: Thanks! [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Jnc: /* Term confusion */ OK,will do</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-19T12:33:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Term confusion: &lt;/span&gt; OK,will do&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&amp;#039;m confused by the concepts &amp;quot;tape controller&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape transport&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape formatter&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape drive&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape unit&amp;quot;, etc.  Can someone please make a page to clarify? [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&amp;#039;m confused by the concepts &amp;quot;tape controller&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape transport&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape formatter&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape drive&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape unit&amp;quot;, etc.  Can someone please make a page to clarify? [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;: OK, I&#039;ll take care of that. Basically, as I understand it (from my study of the [[TM11]]/[[TU10]] family), &#039;transport&#039;, &#039;drive&#039; and &#039;unit&#039; are pretty much synonomous. &#039;Controller&#039; and &#039;formatter&#039; as also somewhat synonomous. It all depends on the manufacturer though; how they paritition stuff, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication. E.g. the DEC &#039;master&#039;/&#039;slave&#039; drive stuff. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:33, 19 January 2018 (CET)&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>Larsbrinkhoff at 12:08, 19 January 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-19T12:08:47Z</updated>

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		<title>Larsbrinkhoff at 07:49, 19 January 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-19T07:49:10Z</updated>

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		<title>Larsbrinkhoff: I&#039;m confused!</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-19T06:36:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#039;m confused!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&amp;#039;m confused by the concepts &amp;quot;tape controller&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape drive&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tape unit&amp;quot;, etc.  Can someone please make a page to clarify? [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]])&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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