Fanuc used to give their memory capacity in feet of tape. I cant remember an amount that was common.
Terry On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:58 AM, dave <dengv...@charter.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-07-19 at 11:45 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: >> Gregg Eshelman wrote: >>> And Mike Payson wrote: >>> >>>> I checked, and the largest file there is 1,708,605 lines and 51,650,578 >>>> characters long. >>> >>> How many hours would it take to load? >> Hmm, let's see, good paper tape readers were 100 - 300 characters/second. >> So, 1.75 million / 300 = 5833 seconds, or 97 hours. If you had an >> ASR-33 to read it in, then it would take 2917 hours, or 121 days! >> And, you better make sure the tape doesn't break! >> >> Jon > It doesn't get any better if you shift media to punched cards. > 1750 boxes (if one assumes 1000 cards/box). Unbelievably bulky and > expensive. We sometimes forget how far the technology has come. > > Dave >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics >> Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics >> Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. >> Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
