[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Bob Koehler]

In article <pkajsi$u2a$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy at gfsys.co.uk> writes:
> 
> Ok, but that's a pretty special case, though who knows what systems
> programmers have to deal with from time to time :-). If you are on a
> unix machine, then there are other utils, like dd to investigate low
> level disk and tape formats...
> 

   dd would not tell me what desnity a 9-track tape drive was written at.