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From: buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: DAT vs. 8mm
Message-ID: <526@siswat.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 90 05:57:31 GMT
References: <28719@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Photon Graphics,  Houston
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In article <28719@cup.portal.com>, tms@cup.portal.com (Alexis TMS Tatarsky) writes:
< My question is why???  8mm has a higher capacity, is faster, and as far as I
< know reliable (even though early Exabyte units proved extremely unreliable).
< Any insight as to why R-DAT is technologically the way to go would be 
<  appreciated.

I don't think it has anything to do with technology, per se.  It is simply a
size issue.  R-DAT will fit in a 3.5" form factor, so the market for these
drives will be an order of magnitude larger.

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A. Lester Buck     buck@siswat.lonestar.org  ...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck