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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <pkdcnj$16c9$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy at gfsys.co.uk> writes:
> 
> No, but assume you know what system it came from, which should be a
> pointer to the data format, or at least narrow it down. Otherwise, why
> would you want to read it...

   Well, that's sometimes a false assumption.  In any case, why I want to
   read it is up to me.  I had tapes, and I needed to get more information
   about them than VMS dump or UNIX od could tell me.