<p>A tape drive apparatus (100) has at least one rotary head (106) for reading/writing a track. The track has a number of fragments and each fragment has an identifier. The tape drive apparatus has a position indicator apparatus (116) for providing a signal that indicates a rotational position (124) of the head. The combination of the signal and the identifier unequivocally identifies a fragment within the fragments of a track. This has the advantage that non-unique identifiers can be used for the fragments of a track.</p>
申请公布号
EP1684291(B1)
申请公布日期
2012.04.11
申请号
EP20050104797
申请日期
2005.06.02
申请人
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
发明人
MORLING, ROBERT;MONK, RUSSELL IAN;WALSH, PETER ARTHUR