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=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, 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 20c1f581 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 04:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BED279C61A; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:53:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4159B513; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:53:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 399059B513; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:53:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta05p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta05p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.69]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6819F93D74 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:53:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep05p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20191125045322.JQPY6211.viclafep05p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:53:22 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrudeitddgudeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5D8A79A30A2BB17E for tuhs@tuhs.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:53:22 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id xAP4rLg1065269 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:53:21 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id xAP4rKn6065266 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:53:21 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:53:20 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <201911250334.xAP3Y5T0098307@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Message-ID: References: <20191124225239.GG18200@mcvoy.com> <201911250334.xAP3Y5T0098307@darkstar.fourwinds.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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" On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, Jon Steinhart wrote: > The thing that's kept me from getting these out of my basement is that > I'd prefer to erase them first, just in case. Does anybody have > experience with a decent bulk tape eraser? I had a bunch of tapes (some strange type for an early "home computer" belonging to my deceased father) that my brother wanted to bulk-erase, as they contained my father's business details etc. Now, it transpired that one of my clients at the time happened to be a certain department of the police, that specialised in, err, phone-tapping in real time i.e. a known drug-dealer would use the phone, an alarm would go off, and away went the tape recorders (both cassette and mag) along with humans listening in. I'm afraid that I can't say much more than that... Anyway, into their bulk eraser went the tapes, and out came blanks. This was confirmed when said brother decided to read a tape, and found that he couldn't :-) So, if you happen to know someone in that area... -- Dave