digdug@IASTATE.EDU (01/25/91)
With the coming of DAT players, will this mean that there will be DAT storage devices for computers? Later, Doug
yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim) (01/25/91)
They already have DAT storage devices for other computers. For example, you can get DAT backup devices for Sun workstations. They have been around for quite some time. _____________________________________________________________________________ |Internet: yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu |||||||||||Yong Su Kim|||||||||||| |Bitnet : yk4@cunixc |||||The Korean from Hong Kong|||| |UUCP : uunet!rutgers!columbia!cunixc!yk4 |||||||...Apple IIGS user...|||||| |____________________________________________||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.193805.6700@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim) writes: >They already have DAT storage devices for other computers. For >example, you can get DAT backup devices for Sun workstations. They >have been around for quite some time. Since DAT is likely to never catch on because of the crap that Congress had to go through because of the record industry, I doubt it will ever be cost effective for computer backup. However, the Sun at my lab has a Sony Video-8 backup system. They've put five backups onto ONE tape. A total of about 2.5GIGAbytes. Only good for streaming backup, but then it would make backups a snap! -- Jawaid Bazyar | "I'm sure K&R have never heard of Mike." Senior/Computer Engineering | bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu | "That's okay. I'm sure Mike's never heard of K&R". Apple II Forever! | (discussion about Orca/C)
rcs00455@zach.fit.edu (Kevin Anderson / Lazlo Hollyfeld) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.123542@IASTATE.EDU> digdug@IASTATE.EDU writes: > >With the coming of DAT players, will this mean that there will be DAT >storage devices for computers? > >Later, >Doug There are tape backup units that use DAT tapes for storage and that are currently available. According to MacWorld, the storage capacity of a DAT tape is 1.3GB; quite a lot of data for a little tape. I'm not sure how much a DAT tape costs, but it can't be that much, and 1.3GB is a LOT of data. This isn't useful for your average computer user however since most people don't have to back up 1.3GB of data (how many floppies is that :-) Kevin Anderson
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Well... Dec already has some out for there VAX level and Workstation models...
Sony is manufactuing a SCSI DAT that will be available as of the First of Dec
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ooopss{...ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.123542@IASTATE.EDU> digdug@IASTATE.EDU writes: > >With the coming of DAT players, will this mean that there will be DAT >storage devices for computers? > >Later, >Doug There are DAT storage devices for computers... There are a couple SCSI backups systems available. One tape stores a little more than a gigabyte, I think. They are rather expensive now, though, and slightly slow, but it is better than floppies... Have you tried to backup a gigabyte on floppies :-) However, there aren't any Apple II drivers available for DAT backup systems, so currently, DAT tape drives are more or less unusable on Apple IIs. -- David Huang | Internet: ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | "My ganglion is stuck in UUCP: ...!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu!ifar355 | a piece of chewing gum!" America Online: DrWho29 |
meekins@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (timothy lee meekins) (01/25/91)
In article <1991Jan24.123542@IASTATE.EDU> you write: > >With the coming of DAT players, will this mean that there will be DAT >storage devices for computers? Yup, Here at Ohio State we are using Video 8 and DAT tapes for backups. Don't ask me any details about it, though. > >Later, >Doug -- +---------------------------S-U-P-P-O-R-T-----------------------------------+ |/ Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II \| |> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! <| |\ timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> /| +-------------------------S-H-A-R-E-W-A-R-E-!-------------------------------+