Quantum Audio Travan 40 Tape Drive STT3401A - Manual (Page 12)

Chapter 1 Introduction
Page 4 Seagate Travan 40 Product Manual
Flash EEPROM
The Seagate Travan drives incorporate leading-edge technology in the flash
EEPROM, which is useful should the drive's firmware need to be upgraded. With the
permanently installed, electrically upgradeable, flash EEPROM memory, revised
firmware for the drive can be loaded using a Seagate OEM firmware cartridge or
through the host IDE bus.
This feature enables qualified OEMs needing to revise the drive firmware to do so
rapidly and at a reduced cost. Flash EEPROM should also prolong the life cycle of a
drive because many new techniques—such as increasing the capacity of the drive
through support for longer tapes—may require only a firmware upgrade.
References
The following standards documents describe some of the technology incorporated in
the drives referenced in this manual.
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QIC-170—Preformatted magnetic minicartridge
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QIC-157—ATAPI command set for streaming tape
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QIC-3220-MC—Serial recorded magnetic tape minicartridge (TR-5)
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Travan 640 —Serial recorded magnetic tape minicartridge (Travan 40 or 40GB)
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Tape Alert Specification 3.0
For more information about a particular QIC standard, contact Quarter-Inch
Cartridge Standards, Inc., c/o Freeman Associates, 311 East Carrillo Street, Santa
Barbara, California 93101.