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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Tar (and other?) blocking question
Message-ID: <9409@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 17 Jan 89 17:02:47 GMT
References: <752@n8emr.UUCP> <965@riddle.UUCP> <15447@mimsy.UUCP> <877@unh.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <877@unh.UUCP> pss@unh.UUCP (Paul S. Sawyer) writes:
>My drive is limited to 8k at 1600 bpi only.  (Is it indecent?  B-)

1600bpi is the most universal density these days.

I've heard of several magtape systems that wouldn't support more
than 8K (or maybe even 5K) byte records.  I recall the ANSI standard
doesn't require support for more than something like 2K bytes, but
5K bytes seems to work on nearly all systems encountered these days.