In a message dated 2/1/2006 10:34:32 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

how, in  the old days, we had to route the tape out of the reel, through
the  capstans, down and up the vacuum chambers, and onto the  take-up
reel.




>>
Every see a 'metal' tape? Weighed almost thirty pounds and the more effete  
operators had to use two hands....

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