Re: Two hdds on one channel - why so slow?

Tommy Reynolds
2002-01-07T17:18:37Z

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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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