Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!jtkohl From: jtkohl@MIT.EDU (John T Kohl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Trying to "tar" to tape stream (6051) device Message-ID: Date: 28 Sep 90 15:21:27 GMT References: <28296@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: MIT Project Athena Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: bruces@jitterbug.berkeley.edu's message of 28 Sep 90 01:55:33 GMT In article <28296@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> bruces@jitterbug.berkeley.edu (Bruce Sindahl) writes: > Q3: What does ftpi mean, feet per inch. Is this some sort of > specification on how quickly that sucker can spin? I'm told FTPI is "field transitions per inch", which is (apparently) some measure of the quality of the tape to hold high-density encodings. John -- John Kohl or Digital Equipment Corporation/Project Athena (The above opinions are MINE. Don't put my words in somebody else's mouth!)