The reflective marker goes back at least as far as the 727 tape drive, but I never heard the word "clip" in that context.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Edward Gould <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 6:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CLIP? > On May 21, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Michel Beaulieu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me speculate that the term goes back to tape use: > In these days, sometimes the first few inches or feet of tapes could become > damaged > > so it would not be possible to load the tape and even less read the tape > label or the data after that. > I remember there was a little tool to make a clean cut or "clip" of the half > inch tape > > so that it could load cleanly on the tape drive. > Then you had some JCL to put a new label on the tape. I don’t go further back than the 360’s, but IIRC the tape reals also needed a reflector. I have never heard of a reflector being applied, anyone? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
