Re: CD (roms) question

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From: Jack Campin
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1988 18:49

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>>There also exists something called optical tape.  The same kind of technology
>>is used on a tape surface.  Capacity is measured in hundreds of gigabytes ...
>
The January Scientific American mentions a *magnetic* tape drive used for very-
long-baseline radio interferometry that records on 512 tracks at a rate of 256
megabits/second onto twelve-hour reels. I think that's more!

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From: jack@cs.hw.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
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Subject: Re: CD (roms) question
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Date: 20 Jan 88 18:49:21 GMT
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