From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Someone wants to use an exabyte
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:34:02 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1911260931120.33542@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191125033642.GP18200@mcvoy.com>
On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, Larry McVoy wrote:
>> They're worse than 9-track tapes, and that's saying something :-)
>
> Really? Are we talking about those tapes that looked like reel to reel
> audio tapes but bigger? Like this?
>
> https://www.canajunfinances.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9-Track-Tape.jpg
Yes.
> Because those are 1000x more reliable than an exabyte tape, they just
> worked. Pretty much no matter what, you can spool up that tape and it
> will read. 30 years later it will read.
Please read my reply about print-through, build-up of gunk, etc. I'd be
surprised if a 9-track was 100% readable 30 years on.
> Exabyte won't read 20 minutes later.
Bit of an exaggeration, but yes in principle.
-- Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-25 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-24 22:39 Richard Salz
2019-11-24 22:50 ` Jim Capp
2019-11-24 22:52 ` Larry McVoy
2019-11-24 22:58 ` Rico Pajarola
2019-11-24 23:45 ` Clem Cole
2019-11-25 1:41 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-11-25 1:42 ` George Michaelson
2019-11-25 3:24 ` Larry McVoy
2019-11-25 17:07 ` Al Kossow
2019-11-25 17:40 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-11-25 17:45 ` Larry McVoy
2019-11-25 17:49 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-11-25 18:34 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-11-25 21:08 ` John P. Linderman
2019-11-25 21:11 ` ron
2019-11-25 21:30 ` John P. Linderman
2019-11-25 21:38 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-11-25 18:29 ` Warner Losh
2019-11-25 3:29 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-11-25 3:34 ` [TUHS] Someone wants to use an exabyte [ really bulk erasing ] Jon Steinhart
2019-11-25 3:59 ` William Pechter
2019-11-25 15:25 ` Clem Cole
2019-11-25 17:13 ` Al Kossow
2019-11-25 4:53 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-11-25 3:36 ` [TUHS] Someone wants to use an exabyte Larry McVoy
2019-11-25 22:34 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2019-11-26 1:38 ` Lawrence Stewart
2019-11-25 22:46 ` Dennis Boone
2019-11-25 22:57 ` Henry Bent
2019-11-27 19:31 ` John Foust
2019-11-27 20:56 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-11-27 21:25 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-11-25 18:12 Norman Wilson
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