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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <pls6hv$hnd$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
> 
> If you have to get data off gapless tape today, the best (but not very fast)
> solution is to use the same type of incremental drive that was used to create
> the tapes.  For the most part these were lower bit density (300, 556, or 800)
> than computer tapes.
> 

   Try keeping up with 76Mb/second raw data source.  Our tapes had to be
   much higher density than that.