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Article #479Re: DAT vs. 8mm
From: A. Lester Buck
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 05:57
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 05:57
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In article <28719@cup.portal.com>, tms@cup.portal.com (Alexis TMS Tatarsky) writes: < My question is why??? 8mm has a higher capacity, is faster, and as far as I < know reliable (even though early Exabyte units proved extremely unreliable). < Any insight as to why R-DAT is technologically the way to go would be < appreciated. I don't think it has anything to do with technology, per se. It is simply a size issue. R-DAT will fit in a 3.5" form factor, so the market for these drives will be an order of magnitude larger. -- A. Lester Buck buck@siswat.lonestar.org ...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!usc!samsung!uunet!nuchat!moray!siswat!buck From: buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: DAT vs. 8mm Message-ID: <526@siswat.UUCP> Date: 9 Apr 90 05:57:31 GMT References: <28719@cup.portal.com> Organization: Photon Graphics, Houston Lines: 12