28 Nov
2019
28 Nov
'19
3:25 a.m.
On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Arthur Krewat wrote:
[...]
Very odd circumstance, but block size has a lot to do
with trying to
read tapes. QIC-150, 8mm, 9-track, I've run into it a lot.
Yep; you tended to use the biggest block size you could, in order to cut
down on the number of inter-record gaps (and of course, efficiency).
-- Dave