8 May
2007
8 May
'07
11:47 p.m.
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:48, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Probably is...
Last time I worked with punched tape was all the way back in 1978. I remember
various-sized stacks of the stuff for different programs, etc. Given the
typical fanfold stuff that was in common use, how much data would an inch or
so stack of it hold?
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
If the data is _really_ crucial, consider
punching it
into tape. Unlike cards, tape can't get dropped and
knocked out of order. It's slow to punch and read
though, so I simply rigged my TeleType to run at 19200
baud. Hold on, the chad box is on fire again...
10GB is a lot of punched tape. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar