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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: On backups
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Date: Tue, 19-May-87 18:53:01 EDT
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> There is a company supposedly shipping a 1GB (yes GB as in "great big")
> tape drive which connects to an SCSI interface and uses 8mm video tape.

This is probably a poor bet unless you need something *right* *now*.  The
technology to bet on as the next magtape biggie is Digital Audio Tape,
assuming it actually gets introduced some century soon.  (Everybody has
prototypes now, but nobody is selling.)  The reason is that the specs are
decent, and the consumer market will push the price down.
-- 
"The average nutritional value    Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
of promises is roughly zero."     {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry