On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 11:34:47 -0500, Phil Smith III  wrote:

>It was interconnected, so (and I'm making up the syntax, where "nnnn" = real 
>tape drive address and "hash" and "userid" are presumably clear)
>
>MOUNT nnnn FOR userid 181 hash
>
>would fail if "hash" didn't match the tape number on the request. At that 
>point I don't think there is a "wrong" drive.
>
I was envisioning two mount requests appearing on the console (or
are they serialized?)  Operator grabs two reels; cross-mounts;
replies with hashes matching volsers on wrong drives.

-- 
gil

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