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From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: "Shoe-shining" your data
Message-ID: <2630@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 9 Aug 89 13:28:36 GMT
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Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.
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thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:

>has anyone:

>1) heard of the phrase "shoe-shined" in this context, or

Absolutely.  If you're seriously looking at tape performance you're
bound to run into it eventually.

>2) heard of such a problem with streaming tape units?

More than I ever care to remember...sigh.
-- 
Steve Simmons		          scs@vax3.iti.org
Industrial Technology Institute     Ann Arbor, MI.
"Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai