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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Alex Whites solution to end of tape recognition in UNIX
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 17:37:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  7 17:37:13 1984
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>>	hang vol_ser=123456 file=mytape mode=read_write density=1600

I have no objection to a hang command which requests an operator to
mount a tape.  But let's be sensible about the infor the operator
needs.  "vol_ser" smacks of big blue and doesn't really seem necessary.
The density field is completely redundant.  Any halfway decent tape drive
automatically senses the density of a tape it is to read.  The density
you write at is determined (in Unix) by the device you write to.

Some people must love typing.
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