just go to the console and on the far left pull down select "manual mode"
once in manual mode, the drives should indicate what tape to mount and
where it currently resides
there is also a mount screen that goes up on the console but I generally
ignore it and go off the drives
Dwight E. Cook
S
>...I can't remember for the life of me how to run
>the system by hand.
That fine 3494 Operator Guide manual is your reference.
Topic "3494, change to manual operation" in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts
may further assist.
Richard Sims