Multi tape formats

David F. Carlson dave at micropen
Sat Oct 22 02:45:17 AEST 1988


In article <10501 at tekecs.TEK.COM>, andrew at frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes:
> []
> 
> 	Only IBM could produce three different tape formats for the
> 	same machine!"
> 
> Or the world of Unix, where we've seen tp, tar, and cpio.

Furthermore, what about dump(8) and the oft used hpio(1)?

(hpio dumps a tape to a suitably equiped HP 2645A *terminal* which
has a tape deck built in.  Isn't System V fun!)


-- 
David F. Carlson, Micropen, Inc.
micropen!dave at ee.rochester.edu

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