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From: adlx@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re:  Videotape backup
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Date: 15 Nov 89 13:24:46 GMT
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Reply-To: adlx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Alan LeGrand)
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies, Ithaca NY
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> A product called Videotrax was advertised a while back...
>... for backing up on VHS video tape

	I don't want to rain on anybodys parade but are you sure you
really want to buy this?  I seem to recall it was in the >$1,000 price
range ( I know, big deal right!)  It is  also a backup medium with a 
very short future.  Two "digital" tape backup media based on 8mm video
tape ( this has already standardize on a drive made by EXabtye, and is 
currently being marketed for the MAC by PCPC and Genius about $5,000)
and 4mm digital audio tape are about to swamp the market place.  Does
anybody real want to buy a media that was obsolete about 2 years ago
and never developed any market penetration.  Oh yeah, the 4mm and 8mm
tapes have >2 Gbyte capacity.  They may even obsolete optical disks
(as far as the home computer market is concerned)

Alan legrand