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From: daitc!daitc.daitc.mil!tswenson@uunet.uu.net (Timothy Swenson)
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Subject: 9-track tape
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 16 Jun 89 15:03:19 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 38, message 13 of 24

We have recently installed a 9-track tape drive in a Sun 3/280.  No one
here has ever used a 9-track tape.  The person that ordered it has move
on.  It looks like we may need the 9-track to read data from other
computers.  I need to know if any one knows of a good book/manual that
covers 9-track taps and the various formats for computers, ie blocking
factors, etc.  I would appreciate any info that I can get.  Thanks in
advance.

	Tim Swenson
	tswenson@daitc.mil
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