Of course, I could say something like "swapping tapes? that's what tape libraries are for!" but I won't.
Not that you don't have to swap tapes in tape libraries. Actually, it just makes it on a grander scale. One of my fondest memories of Bristol-Myers Squibb is standing inside a Timberwolf tape library (holds 900 DLT tapes and 10 heads), replacing about 200 tapes with fresh empties. The door shut behind me, and somehow the safety interlock FAILED, and the robot arm swung around to take inventory and smacked me in the ribs. I started laughing so hard it hit me three more times before I finally opened the door to stop it.
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Date: 2005-12-09 03:44 pm (UTC)Of course, I could say something like "swapping tapes? that's what tape libraries are for!" but I won't.
Not that you don't have to swap tapes in tape libraries. Actually, it just makes it on a grander scale. One of my fondest memories of Bristol-Myers Squibb is standing inside a Timberwolf tape library (holds 900 DLT tapes and 10 heads), replacing about 200 tapes with fresh empties. The door shut behind me, and somehow the safety interlock FAILED, and the robot arm swung around to take inventory and smacked me in the ribs. I started laughing so hard it hit me three more times before I finally opened the door to stop it.