GE TermiNet 300 Operator's Manual page 31

USING THE TCA
WRITING A "BLOCK'' OF DATA
1. Load cassette into TCA.
2. Completely rewind cassette if it is not in the rewound condition.
3.
If you are "Writing" on an erased cassette or a cassette that is being
erased
while
''Writing",
proceed
with
step 5. If you are
''Writing''
on
a cassette that contains data, you must advance the tape past the last
"Block". For example; if there are 5 "Blocks" on the cassette, advance
the tape until the
READ
pushbutton lights and goes out 5 times. Then
erase the tape approximately 1 second to establish an "Inter-Block Gap".
4.
Press the
~~ITE
pushbutton. The WRITE pushbutton lights and you are ready
to "Vlri te '' data. Proceed to
step 6.
5. Press the WRITE pushbGtton. The
WRITE
pushbutton
lights
and
the tape moves
off of the leader. You are ready to "Write" data.
6. "Write'' in data.
7. After you complete "VJriting" the data, "Write" a Reader Off Code
by
simul-
taneously pressing the "CTL" and "S" keys.
8. Erase the tape for 1 second to establish an "Inter-Block Gap" at the end of
the ''Block" you just
made.
9. Record the number and ti
tl~
of the "Block'' that you just
made.
If you made
the new "Block'' after "Block 5" as in the example given in step 3, the new
"Block" number would be 6. If
you
made the first "Block'' on a cassette, the
''Block,. number would be
1.
LOCATING AND READING A "BLOCK" OF DATA
1. Load cassette
into TCA.
2. Completely rewind the cassette if it is not already in the rewound condition.
3. Determine which ''Block" number
you need.
4. Advance the tape and count the times the READ pushbutton lights and goes out.
When the count is the same as the number of the "Block" you want, stop the
tape just as the READ pushbutton (Lamp) goes out.
5.
Press
the BLOC..,1<. REWIND pushbutton. The tape should rewind and stop at the
beginning of the "Block" you selected.
6. Select the speed
you wish to ,.Read"
by
setting the
RATE switch on the control
panel of the TermiNet 300 Printer.
7. Press the READ pushbutton. The
TCA
will read thQ selected "Block" which can
be printed and/.or transmitted to another location.
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