WAITS: Getting data in and out

If you were working at SAIL in the 1970s and wanted to get data into or out of the system there were several options. Print outs could be made to the line printer or the new XGP laser printer. Data could be exchanged with other sites and computers via magnetic tape (open reel and DECtape) and paper tape. The Arpanet, predecessor of the Internet, was just starting and you could exchange data via…