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SubjectRe: Two hdds on one channel - why so slow?
Thomas Molina <tmolina@home.com>:
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Ricky Beam wrote:
>
> > >I remember Hollerith Cards.
> >
> > Paper tape! If it's good enough for the .gov, it's good enough for you.
>
> Have you ever seen an ASR-33 paper tape pileup? I have; I assure you it's
> not a pretty sight.

Didn't see one of those, but I did see (caused) a pileup from a 30in/sec
reader.... just try to catch the input before it tears the tape when it
falls out of the holder ... :-)

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