From: utzoo!decvax!cca!gwyn@Brl@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: magtape Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2812 Posted: Sat Aug 21 01:20:29 1982 Received: Sun Aug 22 01:56:39 1982 From: Doug GwynDate: 10 Aug 82 13:37:01-EDT (Tue) Let's not forget that the default mode of a device needs to be compatible with ordinary files; otherwise you no longer have a UNIX.