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From: bill@ur-cvsvax.UUCP (Bill Vaughn)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg
Subject: Re: Re: 3B20 Tape Buffer Limit
Message-ID: <192@ur-cvsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-May-85 02:03:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 02:03:59 1985
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Organization: Center for Visual Science, U. of Rochester
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> There is also a limit on 3b20's.  We've been getting tar format tapes
> written on a vax running 4.2 and the blocksize = 20.  Our controller
> can't read the tapes.  If you're sending tar tapes for general distribution,
> please use a smaller blocksize; whatever the default is seems to work.
> 
> Mike Kelly
> AT&T Teletype

But the default blocksize for TAR is 20. (Always has been, always will be :-)

Bill Vaughn, Center for Visual Science, UNIV. OF ROCHESTER
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