HP AIT Tapes in Sony AIT drive?

[CA1080629]

I just got a Sony AIT 35GB tape drive and was wondering if HP/Compaq brand AIT 35GB tapes would work in the sony drive?

Thanks

[Bob_196]

IT shuld work - but the best place to check would be Sony to see what their compatibility matrix for media on their drive
check here for more info on your Sony drive
http://www.storagebysony.com/OEM/news/pressmain.asp


Cheers
Bob

[CA713937]

Sony is the supplier for HP's AIT drives, so there should be no compatability issues.

[Wayne R.]

Bob,

-> the best place to check would be Sony to see what their
-> compatibility matrix for media on their drive
-> check here for more info on your Sony drive

I went to that website, but it looks like it's just the high level sony page. I looked all over, and read a number of the AIT drive documents, but I couldn't find the compatability matrix you mentioned. I spent over an hour doing this.

Can you tell me which document to look at, or give my a direct URL?

THANKS!

[Wayne R.]

BOB, Are you still there???

[Mohammed Ali_2]

Hi Wayne,

It's in the link that Bob posted.

FOR AIT, you may go here:

http://www.storagebysony.com/OEM/categories/categorymain.asp?id=8

Here too:

http://www.storagebysony.com/OEM/advisor/advisor.asp

Any questions you may have, you can post in the AIT forum:

http://www.aittape.com/

Please assign points if we've helped you in any way. Your feedback is important to all of us.

Thanks and good luck

Mohammed

[Wayne R.]

Thanks Mohammad. These pages look like they are to sell me Sony AIT drives. Where do I find a compatabilty matrix for media?

Bob said:
*> the best place to check would be Sony to see what their compatibility matrix for media on their drive, check here ...

And I checked and couldn't find it.

Can you point me to the compatability matrix? I'd like to know what brands of media I can use in my HP and Sony AIT drives. That is what will help me.

[Mohammed Ali_2]

Wayne,

Please post the question on their forum. Some one should get back to you as we're doing here at HP.

Good luck

[CA1080629]

I asked Sony and they told me that any brand AIT tape should work in any brand AIT drive as long as it is a capacity and AIT type supported by the drive.

BTW, where on aittape.com is the forum? I cant find it.

Thanks

[Mohammed Ali_2]

Hi Wayne,

Once you go into the forum link I gave you earlier, you email your enquiry to:

info@aittape.com

Good luck and please assign points accordingly if we've been of any help to you in giving you pertinent info about your issue. Such feedback is quite helpful.

Thanks again

Mohammed

[Wayne R.]

-> Hi Wayne,

-> Once you go into the forum link I gave
-> you earlier, you email your enquiry to: info@aittape.com

OK, well I wasn't asking for another forum to go register to! I thought Bob said he knew of a compatability matrix for media on the sony website, but maybe I misunderstood.

> Good luck and please assign points
> accordingly if we've been of any help

To be honest, I ended up on a wild goose chase, so no points! And I am not the author of this posting anyway. If I could give points, they would go to David for telling me that the HP drives are made by Sony, and to Sacha for following up with Sony to find out what media is supported!

So far I've found AIT media available from HP, Sony, Imation, IBM, and Maxell. The Sony and HP media seem to be the most commonly available, so I think I'll be sticking with those.

Does anyone know how HP determines who gets the red star <> by their names?

[Oleksandr Chernii]

Hello to all!

I live In Ukraine and I own Sony AIT-2 Turbo IDE Drive for 3 years.

Iâ ve bought pack of TAIT2-80N and now all of them are full of information. Unfortunatelly now in Ukraine are not any TAIT tapes at all.

Could you tell about compatibility of Sony cartridges for this drive and any HP cartridges (for example Q1998A or Q1999A)?

Thanks in advance!