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From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Anthony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: DAT Tape Backups
Keywords: IEEE Spectrum Article
Message-ID: <605@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 89 18:48:16 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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The October IEEE Spectrum magazine has an article on
Digital Audio Tape (DAT) for data storage.  One of the
pictures shows a unit with an HP logo!  Anybody at HP
like to comment on when this unit will be in production?
Perhaps when you can say when it'll be in production
would be a more politic question? :-)

The tape drive apparently holds 1300 MB, transfers 183Kb/sec
and has an access time of 20 seconds.  The authors, from HP
in the UK, also say that automatic tape changers are in
development for larger capacities.  Ummm yummy, I'm ready to
get one!

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