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From: Michael Gersten
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 03:51

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Questions on tape drives.

A long time ago there was something called a "Stringy Floppy". What this
was was a tape drive where you could write to block #x on the tape, and
not destroy block #x+1. This allowed it to be used as a slow floppy
drive (hence the name).

Is there anything like this in modern tape drives, or are they strictly
a "Re-write from beginning to end, only" sequential devices?

What prices should I expect to pay for a tape drive?

		Michael
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From: michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten)
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Subject: Question on tape drives
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