Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:17:37 -0600 | From | Tommy Reynolds <> | Subject | Re: Two hdds on one channel - why so slow? |
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Uttered "Jesse Pollard" <pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil>, spoke thus:
> 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 ... :-)
It was always great fun to switch the 3000 line-per-minute back online while the operator was down behind the printer, trying to get the paper to fold properly.
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