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- From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
- Subject: Re: how to write 525MB to Wangtek 525ES on Dell 2.1?
- Message-ID: <Bt3Grx.8rH@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- References: <rvdp.713829991@yam> <Bt2ozK.FI@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:55:09 GMT
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- In article <Bt2ozK.FI@flatlin.ka.sub.org> bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) writes:
- >Of course, this doesn't for blank tapes.
- >There is no way for a QIC drive to figure out the media type on a
- >blank tape.
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- Oh, foo. Don't be silly. You buy non-blank tapes?
- The drives use various methods, including measuring the spacing
- between the holes around BOT.
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- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds!
- Who is this dog meat who stands before me now?
- That's the biz, sweetheart.
- Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us
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