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From: cdl@mplvax.nosc.MIL (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: UniSig Tape
Message-ID: <694@mplvax.nosc.MIL>
Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 10:49:35 EST
Article-I.D.: mplvax.694
Posted: Fri Dec  4 10:49:35 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 03:41:50 EST
References: <693@mplvax.nosc.MIL> <19337@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.nosc.mil.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory
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In article <19337@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
+| This is your UNISIG Librarian speaking.  There has been a UNISIG tape
+| in existence since the previous DECUS symposium (Spring '87).  It has
+| been submitted both to the DECUS library and to the LUG tape distribution
+| tree, and should be available from either.
+| 
+| However, to my knowledge, neither of these places has figured out how to
+| copy a 'tar' tape using a VMS system, so they are all stalling.  I hope
+
+Maybe they should get DEC/Shell if they can't get a Decus tar.  (DEC/Shell
+comes with a tar program)
+
+Mike Khaw
+internet:  mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa
+usenet:   {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|uw-beaver}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa

I didn't say they could not read and understand a 'tar' tape.  I said they
could not copy one.  That is, make an image copy of a tape with the
complicated file structure consisting of a large number of 10240-byte
records followed by two file marks. 

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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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