User's Manual

HONEYWELL TAPES
XEROX LASER PRINTING SYSTEMS TAPE FORMATS MANUAL 10-3
Honeywell 200/2000 tape formats
The organization of Honeywell 200/2000 standard, COBOL, and
SPR labeled tapes varies from user to user. The four basic file
configurations are:
• Single-file, single-volume
• Single-file, multi-volume
• Multi-file, single-volume
• Multi-file, multi-volume.
These are illustrated in figure 10-2. The different label formats are
shown in tables 10-2 through 10-7. Note that the tape marks shown
in figure 10-2 are optional for the Honeywell 200/2000 formats.
Table 10-2.Standard 1HDR label (Honeywell 200/2000 standard
80-character labeled tapes
Name
Character
position(s)
Description
Label identifier 1-5 This is the 5-character identifier 1HDRb.
Volume serial number 6-10 This is the serial number unique to the physical tape reel.
File sequence number 11-16 This number is the same for all reels of a file, but is unique for
each file.
Volume sequence number* 17-19 This number identifies the order of processing for this particular
reel within the file
Reserved 20 Unspecified contents.
File identifier* 21-30 File name.
Creation date 31-35 This is the date the file was created (yyddd where yy = year and
ddd = day).
Expiration date 36-40 This is the number of days the tape is to be retained before it
may be scratched or overwritten (-ccc b where ccc = days).
Reserved 41-8 Unspecified contents.
* Used by the operating system.