MAGNETIC RECORDER/REPRODUCER AND METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING

摘要

A magnetic recorder/reproducer for computer data backup and a method of magnetic recording/reproducing. When a tape cassette is unloaded, the information of the magnetic tape position at this unloading is written in a memory built in the tape cassette. When the tape cassette is loaded, the magnetic recorder/reproducer starts recording/reproducing after reading the positional information from the memory and forwarding the magnetic tape to the position specified by the positional information thus read. This makes it possible to reduce the loading/unloading time.