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From: jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Backups
Message-ID: <240@syteke.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 89 10:20:42 GMT
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Reply-To: jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez)
Organization: Sytek, Inc. - European Support Office
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Hey I used to work at a Navy R & D lab and the older generation of submarine
based nuclear missles had their targeting information on punched tape.
It was mylar tape so you couldn't accidently target a missle to the wrong
place :-) but it was punched on VERY expensive punches and came in three
colors for the security classification of the tape.  As I recall red was
for TOP SECRET with blue and yellow for lower classifications.  This
stuff was used up until about 8 years ago and may still be used by
the Brits.
-- 
Jim Sanchez  {sun,hplabs}!sun!sytek!syteke!jim OR
Hughes LAN Systems, Brussels  mcvax!prlb2!sunbim!syteke!jim