Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:03:29 +0000 | From | Neil Conway <> | Subject | Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!! |
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Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > > The Ohio Scientific P1 did it with a cheap DAC (which doubled as an on-board > 300baud modem) and simply did raw bytes to/from the tape drive. No error > correction, so loading from tape was always an adventure even if the tape > was known good :-) > > I had to boot a Plexus P/60 from tape once or twice, but that was 1600bpi > magtape. Again, it was pretty much raw data, albeit in the form of a > filesystem image written to the tape. > > I agree with the question "why?" :-)
Actually, I've withdrawn the 'why?', because this idea actually has some merit. For cheapos like me who happen to have a sound card, this is a ~free backup technique. If we really can achieve a good fraction of 1MB (megabyte not bit) per minute of tape, then this isn't at all a useless thing.
Some people seem to be scoffing at such high datarates, but I haven't seen a good rebuttal yet...
Neil PS: Have any of you guys had your kernel mailing list feed dry up completely like me ?
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