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Subject: Re: New Op Codes
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Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 10:00:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 10 10:00:16 1984
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    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