[144841] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Sep 20 04:51:20 2011
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:50:29 +0200
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110920060028.GX6006@nntp.AegisInfoSys.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>> 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.
standard ops procedure on those old tapes
randy
