Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > Since I lost the paper tapes from my (only ever) scholastic experience
> > with computers (1978-9, HP-2000A, Foothill College, one BASIC course
> > then tutoring) a long time ago due to cat pee. As far as I know, that
>
> You were unlucky - very... (and I'd better keep the cat out of the
> computer room :-)). I once found a length of paper tape on a muddy river
> bank. Curiousity made me pick it up, and after wiping it off and drying
> it on a radiator overnight, I had no problem at all in reading it on a
> Trend optical reader. IIRC it contained some kind of Fortran source code.
>
> > Tyvek stuff can only be destroyed by fire -- well, it _can_ be stretched,
>
> I think you'll find that paper (at least) will withstand higher
> temperatures than most magnetic media...
I'm not talking about bonding oxides to Tyvek -- I'm talking about
punching holes in long by 1" (or whatever the proper width is) strips
of it.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Wed Jun 24 1998 - 19:04:01 BST