-=> mark lewis wrote to Josh Roybal <=-   
      
    ml>  On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Josh Roybal wrote to All:   
      
    ml> you needed good stable power also... the slightest fluctuation would   
    ml> farkle your data reading and writing on tape... i still have,   
    ml> around here somewhere, a star trek game from a mainframe   
    ml> system... it is a basic source code printout on greenbar   
    ml> paper... i typed that game in many times way back when... i   
    ml> never was able to get a good save to or load from tape... i   
    ml> suspect due to the fridge or AC switching on or off... i   
    ml> tried many many times and just never was successful... i've   
    ml> kept that printout in the hopes of getting it entered and   
    ml> saved some time... i did play the game a few times but   
    ml> never really got anywhere in it...   
      
   That part I do remember, that it was not anywhere in the same ballpark as far   
   as reliability was concerned as the reel tapes of yore that were actually made   
   for data I/O.   
      
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