3b5 tape driver question

[DJ Molny]

In article <3794 at gatech.CSNET> hope at gatech.CSNET (Theodore Hope) writes:
>The abovementioned 3b5 is on the other side of the world, and I'd like to
>know if anyone can tell me what the max read on the (raw) tape device is.
>Is it 6144 (6k), or 8192?
>
>Thanks in advance.
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>Theodore Hope
>School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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The maximum tape block size supported on the 3B5 and 3B15 is 8Kb (8192 bytes).
The 3B20 has a (relatively) new option that allows it to read and write
blocks up to 30Kb.
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