From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 2 05:01:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA17292 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 05:01:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA17283 for ; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 05:01:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id XAA17724; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:31:05 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702021301.XAA17724@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? In-Reply-To: from J Wunsch at "Feb 2, 97 10:20:39 am" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:31:04 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > > > > I couldn't find anyone who could sell me the little BOM labels, so I > > couldn't set up any of the fresh tapes I had, and all the old ones > > were toast. > > I remember that simple aluminum adhesive tape used to do this task for > us back some 10 years ago, when we had to handle 800 bpi r-t-r tapes > on our PDP-11 clone. Worked well. :-)) I tried that, but all I had was Al panel repair tape. Probably an unknown in the USA, where SOP for panel repair involves punching holes in the panelwork and laying on the bog like plaster. Dunno about German panel repairs; never worked on an ex-euro set of wheels. It peeled and scored the tape around it. Drat. > cheers, J"org -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[