In article <5tg5p2$6ke@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de>,
	hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de (Hubert Feyrer) writes:
> Not necessarily... you could use 'mt' to disable/enable compression for
> a given tape.

Good idea.

> I think some penguin-possessed OSs do this too.

Yes, "mtst" has an option "datcompression",

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