From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ce019316 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2A49F9C608; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:13:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39E593D74; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:12:56 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bitsavers.org header.i=aek@bitsavers.org header.b="b9IdgpDS"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6AE5193D74; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:12:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ezwind.net (smtp.ezwind.net [71.91.242.96]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2376493D71 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 03:12:55 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/relaxed; d=bitsavers.org; s=MDaemon; t=1574701972; x=1575306772; i=aek@bitsavers.org; q=dns/txt; h=Subject:To:References:From: Message-ID:Date:User-Agent:MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Language:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=1mM+luhMoKdCP9qSp ha5XlQdZ/X8eklccJoPi2pH9xM=; b=b9IdgpDSTbZvKBAl8OjLfD0pIpu7EKg+j NdFNsOR8pPMwe0XYVMAmaacCRyHNnP9qz8N5o95n9AKkSCZXjXxcXQ6585xWkqLr tAmFAjDaTnL9FTOEUdqJXbAfZhUeOJNhbfc0RwOea3AlLplDu5vxqTv49nRzNiYR h+oxt6pxjs= X-MDAV-Result: clean X-MDAV-Processed: ezwind.net, Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:12:52 -0600 Received: from aekmac.local by ezwind.net (MDaemon PRO v16.0.4) with ESMTPA id 04-md50000054582.msg for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:12:51 -0600 X-MDRemoteIP: 71.6.95.114 X-MDHelo: aekmac.local X-MDArrival-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:12:51 -0600 X-Authenticated-Sender: aek@bitsavers.org X-Return-Path: prvs=1232085fbf=aek@bitsavers.org X-Envelope-From: aek@bitsavers.org X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-CAV-Result: clean To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20191124225239.GG18200@mcvoy.com> <201911250334.xAP3Y5T0098307@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Al Kossow Message-ID: <2cd13c37-94d9-c813-dc43-c0cf7ed52640@bitsavers.org> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:13:07 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Someone wants to use an exabyte [ really bulk erasing ] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" The radio shack 43-232's will take care of things, they just have limited duty-cycles There are lots on eBay Sometimes the pro ones for 1/2" tape show up that are about 12" square with a timer I have one, but I've looked at the analog output of a 1/2" tape drive after a pass with the RS, and there isn't much left. On 11/25/19 7:25 AM, Clem Cole wrote: > Somewhere in the basement, I have tape eraser that was recommended by one of my brothers