For Version 8, four tape engines are supported: V5TAPE (READ-only), V6TAPE, V7TAPE, and V8TAPE. Specifying only TAPE defaults to the current release. Using the LIBNAME and FILENAME Options for Tape ...
Note: If you are writing SAS files to tape with the TAPE engine, you must mount the tape as a labeled Files-11 tape. A labeled Files-11 tape has header information preceding each file. An unlabeled, ...