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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,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 1519c946 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:46:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8EA249C5FA; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:46:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D79C19B57D; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:45:43 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="c4DkTcs0"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 65D009B57D; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:45:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f169.google.com (mail-qk1-f169.google.com [209.85.222.169]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF2B99B513 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:45:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f169.google.com with SMTP id q70so11151678qke.12 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:45:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=7/SjV7WMYzk4zoV95JlEmMIWiLXgo0x5+osn2Su9wcg=; b=c4DkTcs0bkn5I7ubt623CbblqwxOqdE30FTc0YS76FiCvZkszz7N9evFxkGDeyoNHp C8DNo5Aqb+FpE8lmBd536H+i11EUzSirp04yCt63+YU+CEWkcdBjDOgRDLEXcHysTRa6 ogGDWbx5HGFljpM1zRA0Z7cpzs17XctXd+jb8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7/SjV7WMYzk4zoV95JlEmMIWiLXgo0x5+osn2Su9wcg=; b=uIFlIOHU01P7VUWnHFd9adcbpgfi4WOshlIXJBusuDZS7l1/amYSFALND4gBrWwNsf DJ5Gs/6wU/K1UTrO3O8mOjenodAtIAojgUCfT3inD1KHqCwwRQ2rkt/AuHZmNFd2ngwA Dnxz479bJv0TiILZQtegwJiuX+M0LKS6AxCB0BZpbWXn7vunhsrF9jliT+yTUKgjTUFG FzWn9bFRKY5Bm/1Q5qfXwVy21tw729GEhwgxuQFT+pXiRdreKp2qLTrM/wHB3Jz8lQjQ lS8uTK9my8Nu0RslGCZyfmUIRNpIszsju/LF9c6dl4swquIijmrgq7JMfHZq9nkm+UvV rvpA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVsiIYgEPsfUDJCPUmxFxA+ek9DBQXB7p1S1uekV2AvWpeSjDMj 1SJfdH3nmwofn+BXnKfkmKbIwcn2z1SxWr31AECJ03pY+Z4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyGgdj7b+/Jya40d4zw9WynIre9vbZRAQXZCAKlszgR8TAg2cYVh+lykMW9m988VP9jWvARZwT+L+8znYvo8rI= X-Received: by 2002:a37:9585:: with SMTP id x127mr24490888qkd.146.1574639139522; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:45:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20191124225239.GG18200@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:45:28 -0500 Message-ID: To: Rico Pajarola Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008f9da70598203e4a" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Someone wants to use an exabyte 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: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000008f9da70598203e4a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I have two and they have found them to be spotting years later. I have them in an FreeBSD box with SCSI. On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 5:59 PM Rico Pajarola wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 2:53 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > >> Good luck with that. I had a 4/470 that had an exabyte, wheeled it out of >> building 5 at Sun and into building 9 at SGI and the tapes wouldn't read >> back. >> > We called them buffered dev-nulls. > > TBH, that's what we called most tapes except for DLTs. > > > >> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 05:39:30PM -0500, Richard Salz wrote: >> > Historically important he says. The guy had creds. >> > https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1198706617967095809?s=19 >> >> -- >> --- >> Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com >> http://www.mcvoy.com/lm >> > -- Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual --0000000000008f9da70598203e4a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have two and they have found them to be spotting y= ears later.=C2=A0 I have them in an FreeBSD box with SCSI.=C2=A0

= On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 5:59 PM Rico Pajarola <rp@servium.ch> wrote:


On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 2:53 PM Lar= ry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com= > wrote:
= Good luck with that.=C2=A0 I had a 4/470 that had an exabyte, wheeled it ou= t of
building 5 at Sun and into building 9 at SGI and the tapes wouldn't rea= d
back.
We called them buffered dev-nulls.
TBH, that's what we called most tapes except for DLTs.



On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 05:39:30PM -0500, Richard Salz wrote:
> Historically important he says. The guy had creds.
> https://twitter.com/textfiles/s= tatus/1198706617967095809?s=3D19

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Larry McVoy=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 l= m at mcvo= y.com=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://www.mcvoy.com= /lm
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Sent from a handheld expect more typos t= han usual
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