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Re: HP7933 - Was: newbie question -storing a file from tape to disk -
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"Walter J. Murray" <[log in to unmask]>
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Walter J. Murray
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Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:27:33 -0800
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James B. Byrne wrote:

> Anyone else ever
> "race" 7933s across the DP centre floor by judicious use of adager or 
> fcopy?

Never raced them on purpose, but we had quite a few disc drives go
racing across the floor on October 17, 1989*.  Several drives came to
rest, sadly, upon reaching a point where someone had removed one of the
raised floor tiles and hadn't gotten around to replacing it.

*For those outside northern California, look up "Loma Prieta
Earthquake."

Walter  

Walter J. Murray

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