🚀 go-pugleaf

macnei@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Mike MacNeill) writes:

>Damn I hate vi.

>A couple of nights ago I had a strange dream in which I was backing up my
>harddrive using an LCII and a tape-recorder hooked up to the sound input
>and output ports.  This is quite strange as I've had a MacII since 1987 and
>have no wish to downgrade yet.  Today, though, while trying to stay awake
>in class, I started thinking about and doing some preliminary calculations.

>1) 10mb = 10240K = 10,485,760 bytes = 83,886,080 bits

>2) 45 minutes = 2700 seconds

>3) Therefore, you would have to be able to store and be able to read back
>   31,000 bits per second.
To get this idea to work you must slow down to at least 10000 bps, because 
you have to add redundant data by the factor of 1.5 and your (high quality !)
tape deck will not allow you to record more than 15000 bps (if ever!). So
forget it

Michael Koerner
E-Mail: skeeve@nadia.stgt.sub.org