From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 416 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2020 23:42:29 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Aug 2020 23:42:29 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 591749CAB3; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:42:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A93893D6A; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8765493D6A; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta21p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta21p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.85]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E63593D06 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep21p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200811234136.XCHI14930.viclafep21p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:36 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrledugddvgecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 (5.8.420) id 5E865EB516DBB44C for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:36 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 07BNfZT8014201 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:35 +1000 (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 07BNfXJM014198 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:41:33 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <6a0063f8-128d-751d-114f-a0f811d02098@gmail.com> <2cb3ad2a-f8c5-a003-661c-e257f7cbe38c@softjar.se> 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] [simh] 2bsd tarball 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 Wed, 29 Jul 2020, John Cowan wrote: > When I talk about DECtape in my capacity as the local old fart, i > describe it as "a disk with one track and about 1500 small sectors that > spins ve-ry ve-ry slow-ly.. According to an ex-boss of mine, a demonstration of the DECtape's reliability was to blow cigarette smoke over the heads when the tape was moving (this was back when smoking was socially acceptable, if not actually encouraged). -- Dave