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In message <[email protected]>, " John R. Grant" writes: >Yesterday, Roeland Meyer wrote: >> I know for certain that it dates back to the pain-frame daze and originally >> refered to 9600 baud open-reel tape <snip> > ><cringe> >that would be 9600 bit per inch GCR format 9-track tape, don't you think? ></cringe> They didn't have nearly that density -- when I heard the phrase, it was 800 or 1600 bits per linear inch (1600' reels), with 8 bits (plus parity) across. And 200 bpi 6-track tapes were still in use, though being phased out. --Steve Bellovin
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