fc@lexicon.com (Frank Cunningham) (03/30/89)
All I want is a SCSI streamer small enough to fit in the A2000 df1: hole. Is this too much too ask ? DAT: I thought HP and SONY were working on real digital storage for computers using the same transport mechanisms, not warmed over audio machines-- a good streamer needs read after write-- most audio machines don't do that. 8mm: The audio on the consumer video machines is 8-bit companded PCM, I think. It sounds almost as good as 16-bit PCM because the ear forgives some transgressions. 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 ? 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. -- Frank C
king@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King) (03/31/89)
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). -- {utzoo|mnetor}!dciem!zorac!dretor!king | king%dretor@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca
keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle) (04/03/89)
I just want to know, who's got the hardware hack to convert the Sony or Maxstore optical drives to read/write stereo-audio decks? Keith Doyle keithd@gryphon.COM gryphon!keithd gryphon!keithd@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov