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Aucbvax.4854 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Sat Oct 31 16:27:00 1981 Re: tape records >From mike.bmd70@BRL Sat Oct 31 16:17:30 1981 Lauren - 2048 frames/tape record is absurd! We would all get eaten alive by Inter-Record Gaps if 2048 was the limit.

The only "enforced" limit that I know of is 64K frames/record, mostly because IBM tape drives use a 16 bit byte count. This "IBM Compatability" has carried forwards into most plug compatible peripherals. Note that many CDC systems can read records a large as you like, but this is not generally useful...

Cheers, -Mike

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