On 08/12/2016 11:19 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > I think some drives can handle mid-tape density changes. It may even > have been done by DEC, though I may be confusing that with the odd > case of RSTS distribution tapes which started out with a DOS-11 label > and then switched to ANSI labels.
Sure, especially the older ones. (Doing it on the 60x/65x CDC drives was mostly a matter of pushing a button). But what drive was used to write this (DEC) tape is a mystery. --Chuck