On Fri, 2013-07-19 at 11:45 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > 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 It doesn't get any better if you shift media to punched cards. 1750 boxes (if one assumes 1000 cards/box). Unbelievably bulky and expensive. We sometimes forget how far the technology has come.
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