5 Dec
2014
5 Dec
'14
2:44 p.m.
On 12/5/2014 3:37 PM, ben wrote:
On 12/5/2014 9:59 AM, Doug Ingraham wrote:
No wait. *NONE* if that is a empty reel. :)
Ben.
I have had my PDP-8 (no letter) since around
1985. As part of the deal I
got a little over 200 DECtapes. Most of these are SCOTCH 3M branded in
cardboard boxes and not DEC branded DECtapes in the clear blue plastic
containers. I have been thinking about moving this data to a permanent
storage location so I wondered how much space this would require. Turns
out to be about 57 million bytes and that would be without bothering
to do
any compression.
The trivia question is:
Approximately how many DECtapes will fit on a single one terabyte drive?
As there are several possible answers to this feel free to reply on the
list. I will give my answer in a few days.
*ONE*, placed nicely over the top of the HD.
Doug Ingraham
Ben.