On Sat, 10 Feb 1996, Andrew Carey wrote:

> What kind of tape cartridge were you using? The 9145 can read 16 track
> cartridges (such as for the 9144) but can't write to them. It should,
> however, be able to read/write 32 track cartridges just fine.

I've been using 32 track cartridges.  The problem with the 9145 involved 
a strange overlap of files on the tape; I couldn't put two files on the 
tape and then read them off again.

Presumably it was a timing problem of some sort...

--scott