Path: utzoo!dciem!dretor!king
From: king@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: New stuff, DAT decks, 8mm Video
Message-ID: <1611@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca>
Date: 31 Mar 89 13:42:11 GMT
References: <2017.AA2017@panchax> <1606@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca> <399@lexicon.com>
Reply-To: king@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King)
Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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In article <399@lexicon.com> fc@lexicon.com (Frank Cunningham) writes:
>8mm: ...
>Do you people really want to go to the trouble of converting data to audio 
>to data to write on these things, or am I missing something ?

NO to both questions. There is a system which allows the HD to be backed up
to a standard VCR (I can't remember the name off the top of my head). This
system should be adaptable to 8mm and SCSI for the Amiga. 

>EXAbyte Corp makes a SCSI controlled full-height 5" form factor
>streaming drive using 8mm cassettes. We use it here to back up digital
>audio data in our OPUS workstation. It seems to work.

As someone else has pointed out, these systems are quite expensive. I would
like to be able to invest in a machine which performs the three functions,
namely video recording, PCM audio, and HD backup. Not because I'm cheap
(that's beside the point), but because I'm already overloaded with
electronic gear and don't want to add too much more bulk (to the system).

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