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Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Yen)
Tue Sep 20 02:00:34 2011
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:00:28 -0400
From: Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:22:43AM -0400, Barton F Bruce wrote:
> >Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive?
>
> The folks restoring at least one IBM 1401 probably have several.
>
> http://ibm-1401.info/
A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where
a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch
of tape. The "bits" on the tape could be clearly seen by the naked eye,
and could be decoded (ever so slowly!) using a magnifying glass.
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Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York
