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From: rcs00455@zach.fit.edu (Kevin Anderson / Lazlo Hollyfeld)
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Subject: Re: DAT storage Devices
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Date: 24 Jan 91 22:47:54 GMT
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In article <1991Jan24.123542@IASTATE.EDU> digdug@IASTATE.EDU writes:
>
>With the coming of DAT players, will this mean that there will be DAT
>storage devices for computers?
>
>Later,
>Doug

There are tape backup units that use DAT tapes for storage and
that are currently available.  According to MacWorld, the 
storage capacity of a DAT tape is 1.3GB; quite a lot of data
for a little tape.  I'm not sure how much a DAT tape costs, but
it can't be that much, and 1.3GB is a LOT of data.  This isn't
useful for your average computer user however since most people
don't have to back up 1.3GB of data (how many floppies is that :-)

Kevin Anderson