On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:09:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 18:09:03 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 2/17/2016 5:34 PM, David Wright wrote: > > >On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > >>[snip] > > >>>Depends on what you consider to be 'fast'. Is 120K/s fast? > > > > > >This laptop has 2255 packages on it, the total download size of which > > >is about 3GB. At a throughput of 120KB/s, that'd be about 7 hours. > > >The base system is nothing like that size of course, and you can build > > >up the system gradually. Just make sure to keep/backup the .deb files. > > > > > >>Compared to what? > > >>I recall loading the OS from paper tape. We *DID* have a high speed > > >>reader after all <GRIN> > > > > > >That'd be about 1KB/s with 9-track perhaps. > > > > Did you notice I said PAPER tap, not magnetic ;> > > Sorry about the typo; my fingers have had a decade of typing 9-track > (for magnetic) since their decade of typing 8-track (for punched > paper) tape.
I'm fairly sure there were 8 track cartridges which you could play in your car, a few years ago now though. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
