Re: [ARSCLIST] Triggering memories of the so-called "computer" tape of days gone by

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also got a fatal PDF crash. Must be saved in one of these past-version-hostile newest versions of 
PDF. Oh well. If anyone happens to re-save it as backward compatible PDF, I'd love to see a copy.

"Universal" document format, indeed.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Bamberger" <RBAMBERGER@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Triggering memories of the so-called "computer" tape of days gone by


As one who used to buy a couple hundred reels at a time of used, unboxed open-reel tape that 
reportedly had been used by the Federal Government, I thought some members of the list might be 
interested in a GAO submission to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs. The topic is: "Sale of Magnetic Data Tapes Previously Used by the Government Presents a Low 
Security Risk"

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071233r.pdf

Robert L. Bamberger
Specialist in Energy Policy
Resources, Science and Industry Division
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540-7450

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