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From: chris@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Chris Johnston)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg
Subject: 3B5 Tape Buffer Limit
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 20:46:38 EDT
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Summary: tar: maxblocksize = 16

Can this be?

We have a new 3B5.  The tape hardware seems to be limited to an 8k
buffer.  Since every one in the world writes tar tapes with blocksize
20 we rewrite many tapes.


Chris Johnston

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