I'm reading some somewhat large (14-18GB) images off of AIT3 tapes, and 
it's taking *forever*.  Some crude calculations show it coming off the 
tape at around 80 KB/s, whereas it was written out at 11701.6 KB/s.  The 
tapes were written in variable block size mode.  What's the best way to 
read these images more quickly?

Thanks.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University