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From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:42:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [TUHS] [OT] VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places
Message-ID: <20161020134221.B207818C098@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>

    > From: Random832

    > Tapes are still bigger than disks, to my understanding.

Makes sense. There's a lot more surface area on a tape than on a disk. Yes,
mechanical considerations mean you can pack the bits on a disk in more
densely, but not enough to offset the much greater surface area.

      Noel