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1. A method, comprising:
receiving a tape cartridge at an apparatus having a plurality of modules configured to at least read data stored on a magnetic recording tape of the tape cartridge, each of the modules having an array of readers, wherein one module is configured to read data which none of the other modules can read; determining at least one of a format of the magnetic recording tape and a format of the tape cartridge; and activating at least one of the modules to read data stored on the magnetic recording tape in response to determining the at least one of the format of the magnetic recording tape and a format of the tape cartridge, wherein the plurality of modules includes a first module configured to read data in a first range of formats, a second module configured to read data in a second range of formats, and a third module configured to read data in a third range of formats, the third range of formats encompassing at least one format not included in the first range of formats, the third range of formats encompassing at least one format not included in the second range of formats, the second range of formats encompassing at least one format not included in the first range of formats. |
