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Dual cassete players were great for copying programs/games! Also reminds me of Amiga's Video Backup System which made use of Amiga's video processing capabilit
by senko 6y ago
Dual cassete players were great for copying programs/games!
Also reminds me of Amiga's Video Backup System which made use of Amiga's video processing capabilities to output data and read from VHS tapes. That was a slow process but could store large amounts of data, and you just needed a VCR.
- pronoiac 6y ago> That was a slow process but could store large amounts of data... I’d note that as then-large amounts of data. “520MB will fit on a 4-hour tape!” Danmere Backer was similar for PCs, with custom hardware; they got up to 4 GB a tape.
- lstodd 6y agoAnd also this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArVid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArVid