On Friday 19 July 2013 15:58:09 Jon Elson did opine:

> Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> >  And Mike Payson wrote:
> >  > I checked, and the largest file there is 1,708,605 lines and
> >  > 51,650,578 characters long.
> > 
> > How many hours would it take to load?
> 
> Hmm, let's see, good paper tape readers were 100 - 300
> characters/second. So, 1.75 million / 300 = 5833 seconds, or 97 hours. 
> If you had an ASR-33 to read it in, then it would take 2917 hours, or
> 121 days! And, you better make sure the tape doesn't break!
> 
> Jon
> 
Tell me something Jon?  How much an hour are you guys making while 
contemplating this reversion to 1960's technology?

Sorry, just had to ask about the picture this thread is painting. ;-)
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