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    SubjectRe: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!!
    Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
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    > 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    Actually, I've withdrawn the 'why?', because this idea actually has some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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