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Wow. 2GB of uncompressed data per tape is really impressive. That's more than most of the data-backup tape systems at the time. I'm surprised/disappointed it
by Kadin 8y ago
Wow. 2GB of uncompressed data per tape is really impressive. That's more than most of the data-backup tape systems at the time.
I'm surprised/disappointed it never caught on in the US; I would have loved a backup system like that. But instead we got DAT/DDS, where the cheap recorders were barely interoperable and the expensive ones cost more than most individuals could afford. (And I think DDS tapes were under 2GB, in terms of true capacity and not the shifty advertised capacities.)
I suppose there wasn't enough money in a VHS-based tape system to get any company interested. Everybody wanted their own proprietary tape format so they could do the obnoxious razors-and-blades business model, I guess.
- MisterTea 8y agoIn the 90's I traded warez on Iomega ditto 250MB tapes with a small group of friends who were active in the BBS warez scene. They would get all the good stuff, trade, upload and get priority for being a good "upper" (or some such slang). Every month or so they would release a list. You made a wish list from that list and handed it in along with a blank tape and a few bucks for chips and soda. Few days later my friend would collect the tapes and rollerblade to my place to drop them off on his way home.