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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!daresbury!daresbury!ufe
  2. From: ufe@dlva.dl.ac.uk ()
  3. Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage
  4. Subject: Re: VCR as a backup medium?
  5. Date: 27 Jan 1993 09:09:21 GMT
  6. Organization: SERC Daresbury
  7. Lines: 20
  8. Sender: ufe@dlva ()
  9. Distribution: world
  10. Message-ID: <1k5jg1INNo3h@mserv1.dl.ac.uk>
  11. References: <1k1gofINNiek@access.usask.ca> <1993Jan26.045638.12425@netcom.com> <1993Jan27.112518.13456@waikato.ac.nz>
  12. Reply-To: ufe@dlva.dl.ac.uk ()
  13. NNTP-Posting-Host: vxstn2.dl.ac.uk
  14.  
  15.  
  16. I remember test driving a VCR system on a VAX over 6 years ago - I think
  17. it was called DIGIDATA and have seen a site which uses one. However, it
  18. was quickly overtaken by 8mm.
  19.  
  20. However, I attended a presentation last year (by CONVEX) which referred
  21. to a 2nd attempt to harness the technology with much improved capacity
  22. and data rates - forgotten the name, but DD2 comes to mind.
  23.  
  24. Cheers,
  25.     Mark
  26. ========================================================================
  27. Mark Enderby               JANET - ENDERBY@UK.AC.DARESBURY
  28. Systems Manager                 EARN/Bitnet - ENDERBY@DARESBURY.AC.UK
  29. SERC Daresbury Laboratory
  30. Keckwick Lane                        
  31. Daresbury
  32. Warrington    tel:   0925-603353
  33. WA4 4AD        Int:+44-925-603353
  34. UK        fax:   0925-603174
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