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11.Dd
12.Dt CT 4 hp300
13.Os
14.Sh NAME
15.Nm \&ct
16.Nd
17.Tn CS/80
18cartridge tape interface
19.Sh SYNOPSIS
20.Cd "tape ct0 at hpib? slave ?"
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22The cartridge tape interface as found in the 7946 and 9144 products
23provides a standard tape drive interface as described in
24.Xr mtio 4
25with the following exceptions:
26.Bl -enum
27.It
28There is only one density.
29.It
30Only the
31.Dq raw
32interface is supported.
33.It
34The
35.Dv MTIOCTOP
36.Xr ioctl 2
37is limited.
38In particular, the command,
39.Dv MTFSR
40is not supported.
41.It
42The
43.Dv MTIOCGET
44.Xr ioctl
45is not supported.
46.It
47The record size for read and write operations must be between
481K and 64K inclusive.
49.El
50.Pp
51Special files
52.Pa rct0
53through
54.Pa rct3
55refer to rewind on close interfaces to drives 0 to 3.
56Files
57.Pa rct4
58through
59.Pa rct7
60refer to no-rewind interfaces.
61Files
62.Pa rct8
63through
64.Pa rct11
65refer to streaming rewind on close interfaces. (Only 9144 type devices
66can stream.)
67Lastly,
68.Pa rct12
69through
70.Pa rct15
71refer to streaming no-rewind interfaces.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr mt 1 ,
74.Xr tar 1 ,
75.Xr tp 1 ,
76.Xr mtio 4 .
77.Sh HISTORY
78The
79.Nm \&ct
80driver
81.Ud
82.Sh BUGS
83Read and writes of less than 1024 bytes will not behave as expected.
84