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.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

