Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!itm!danny From: danny@itm.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.lang Subject: Re: New Op Codes Message-ID: <1054@itm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 10:00:16 EST Article-I.D.: itm.1054 Posted: Fri Feb 10 10:00:16 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 08:38:41 EST Lines: 18 /*-------------------------------------*/ In the flavor of the 'Back Space Card Reader' instruction: Back in the Dark Ages, when Georgia Tech had a UNIVAC as their main system (pre '77) rumor has it that there existed a program called 'stretchtape'. When executed, it would FF (file forward|fast forward) the tape drive, wait for it to come up to speed, and lock the supply reel brake. Sometimes, the tape would break, but most of the time, the tape would stretch, thereby turning a 2600' tape into a 3200' tape, though I wouldn't recommend trying to dump to it again. This, of course, was always a source of amusement for the operators. Danny akgua!itm!danny