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From: bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Subject: Re: DAT backup to a DAT walkman, or DAT for music?
Message-ID: <1991May1.020719.22962@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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Date: Wed, 1 May 91 02:07:19 GMT

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Hmm.  I don't think you can modify a standard consumer DAT deck
for use as a backup device.  On the other hand, I don't think you
can play music/voice DATs on a deck designed to backup computers.

The differences I see are: in a consumer deck, you have analog to
digital converters for input and digital to analog converters
for playback -- these are missing on a backup deck -- and you
would have some sort of computer control interface for a backup
deck that would not be present on a consumer deck.  Even if you 
were to bypass the A-D stage on a consumer deck (by using a 
digital input, for instance), you still wouldn't be able to have
the computer move the tape around to find the section you needed.

Hope this helps!

TSD

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