Sounds to me like cell 4 was the last one used before cell 1 was
loaded in and the Reset sequence was never done to get it to start
over back at the beginning.


> No, they are not.

> Cartridges 2,3,4 aren't write protected are they?

> No BMRS here; drive is *AUTOMATIC mode.

> Is the the 3570 controlled by BRMS ? BRMS uses the oldest tape first. Was
> the
> drive in Library Mode  (RANDOM)?

>> MAPICS back up takes two cartridges. Loaded magazine with 10
>> cartridges for the week. Back up last night wrote to cartridge in
>> cell 1, and when full, unloaded it and loaded the next cartridge
>> from cell 5, bypassing the cartridges in cells 2, 3, and 4.



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