While never popular as backup devices, VHS and larger helical scan tape formats were used in a number of interesting niche data storage applications. Here, for

While never popular as backup devices, VHS and larger helical scan tape formats were used in a number of interesting niche data storage applications. Here, for example, is a ruggedized S-VHS data recorder built for military and aerospace applications: http://www.thic.org/pdf/Jul97/metrum.cduckling.pdf http://www.thic.org/pdf/Jul97/metrum.cduckling.pdf