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From: jk@tut.UUCP (#Juha Kuusama)
Newsgroups: net.periphs
Subject: Re: Storing Data on a VCR
Message-ID: <389@tut.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-May-86 06:26:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  4 06:26:25 1986
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Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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Summary: 1.75 gigabytes

In article <> rb@ccird2.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>Conservatively, VCR technology can store 1 megabyte per second, and
>VHS tapes can be packed to 6 hours.
>
>Actually, with slight changes in the drive motors, it would be possible
>to store something like 7 Gigabytes on a VCR

A company called Valeport Developments Ltd. ( Unit 7, Townstal Industrial
Estate, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 9LX, England; telex 42669 (VALEPT G); tel.
(08043) 3133/3146/4147/4347) makes a data recorder based on VCR technology.

The device is a standard 19" rack unit, 3U high, can store 1.75 gigabytes
and interfaces to RS232C, RS423 and IEEE 488.

I have no information about the prices, availability etc., but I got
the papers over an year ago, and it seemed that the device was real then :-)

Juha Kuusama ( jk@tut.UUCP )