Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:23:27 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, dgy@rtd.com Subject: Re: hackers-digest V1 #1386 Message-ID: <199608161923.MAA05975@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199608161849.OAA27138@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at Aug 16, 96 02:49:35 pm
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> > From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> > > > > It seems that Alan Batie said: > > > > > > I'm surprised I haven't yet heard mention of the DEC tape system. I seem > > > to recall that they had a system (PDP-8 version?) that ran solely off tape. > > > > TU58's? > > Well, er TU55/56's were kind of reel-to-reel floppies. 512 byte sectors... > seeking, a kind of 8 inch floppy on a 3/4 tape reel. DECtapeII *This* is what I was thinking of! (can never remember all of DEC's nonsensical naming system). But, I thought they were *1"* ??? Of course, it's been 20+ years so I doubt I'd correctly remember the dimensions of the media... > was something else. Imagine the slowest seral storage device running > over a 9600 baud serial line. The TU58 was an RS232 controlled QIC80 > sized cartridge (preformatted only) with the same sectoring as the DECtape > and floppy drives. It was designed as a load media for diags, microcode, > standalone embedded systems etc. > > Think SLOW... ... Think DEC! :-/
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