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- From: thomsen@netcom.com (David Thomsen)
- Subject: Re: Optical Tape ???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.154957.25342@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:49:57 GMT
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- I have seen an optical tape drive at a trade show (AIIM, SanFrancisco, circa
- 1988). It used tape that was approx. 2 inches wide and was written with
- a laser. The media was $10,000 (yes, 10 thousand) per reel and it could
- hold something like a terabyte (so they said).
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- It was fascinating to look at and the company supposedly had the entire
- production sold for the next two years to the US Gov't. Places like
- NOAA, etc. according to them.
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- Dave Thomsen
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