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Article #482Re: DAT vs. 8mm
From: Guy McConnell
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 21:14
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 21:14
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In article <526@siswat.UUCP>, buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes: > In article <28719@cup.portal.com>, tms@cup.portal.com (Alexis TMS Tatarsky) writes: > < 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. The 8mm drive will also fit into a 3.5" form factor. Keep your eyes and ears open. So much for the order of magnitude... Guy McConnell Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ingr!b11!mcconnel From: mcconnel@b11.ingr.com (Guy McConnell) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: DAT vs. 8mm Message-ID: <7804@b11.ingr.com> Date: 9 Apr 90 21:14:09 GMT References: <28719@cup.portal.com> <526@siswat.UUCP> Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL Lines: 18