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Re: r2r Tape Carrying Cases
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Gerhard Roets <[log in to unmask]>
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Gerhard Roets <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 19:59:47 +0200
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Never underestimate the bandwidth of a boeing loaded with lto's. But the big thing is can you handle a burst of data that big :P

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 June 2002 22:28
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] r2r Tape Carrying Cases


"Johnson, Tracy" wrote:
>
> Remember those reel-to-reel carrying cases with
> the HP logo, handle and hasp?
>
> They carried 6 reel-to-reel-tapes for such fanciful
> mysterious places like off-site storage?

Many years ago when the net was young, there was a guy that used to have
a .signature file along the lines of:

   "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded
    with 9-track tapes".

It was quite valid at the time, given the available network bandwidth.

Jeff

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