Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unh!pss
From: pss@unh.UUCP (Paul S. Sawyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Tar (and other?) blocking question
Summary: Indecent blocking
Message-ID: <877@unh.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 89 21:30:02 GMT
References: <752@n8emr.UUCP> <965@riddle.UUCP> <15447@mimsy.UUCP>
Organization: UNH Telecommunications
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In article <15447@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> 
> 20b (in dd terms) is a mere 10240 bytes.  Certainly any decent tape drive
> should not mind 32 kB at 6250 bpi.  (Beyond 10k at 1600 and 32k at 6250,
> conventional 9 track tapes become overly susceptible to errors.)  

My drive is limited to 8k at 1600 bpi only.  (Is it indecent?  B-)




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