Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 22:34:48 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape, was Single User Message-ID: <20220519223448.e1db4297aef551734852e4fd@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <t66ahf$128c$1@gal.iecc.com> References: <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com> <ff3cbab9-14e3-987c-ef1d-968c3ca31b14@kicp.uchicago.edu> <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu> <YoaLcXjAkIyqNEQ/@c720-r368166> <t66ahf$128c$1@gal.iecc.com>
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On 19 May 2022 20:49:51 -0000 "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: > The thing in the picture isn't paper tape, it's a 1/2" magnetic tape. > It looks relatively new, 1970s rather than 1950s so it is likely > recorded 9 bits across (8 plus parity) at a density of 1600 or 6250 BPI. I didn't look at the picture. That could be a *lot* harder to read even if you have a drive. I've heard tell of tapes that could only be read once due to storage damage rendering them more than a little fragile. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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