HD Floppies in DD Drives - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Nov 1997

At 13:29 11/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
...
 I don't think that indestructibility of the tape is
the issue...the coating
is the problem -- sliding across the head. What are you gonna bond to Tyvek? 
No, no, no!  Tyvek PUNCHED tape!  Coat nothing!  Build a carbide
punch-head.... Pull it through whippin' fast, like Colossus.

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