One-inch tapes were once very common in IBM shops, and I will always associate them with a diversion.
This width was of course incompatible with the half-inch one used for acoustical recording, but the magnetic-tape medium itself was not; and it was common, after regular business hours, to find computer-room tape drives being used to slit a one-inch tape into two half-inch ones. One enterprising operator friend of mine--He later became a sysprog who mostly lurks but sometimes posts here--even did a small business in selling slitters adapted to this purpose. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
