Re: Hard disk back-up on a VCR ?

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From: Spike
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1987 17:06

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In article <9823@shemp.UCLA.EDU> khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Erazm J. Behr) writes:
>Hi; leafing through some sleazy-looking mag. full of
>ads (mostly PC oriented) I stumbled on a very good
>(or so it seemed to me) idea. I wonder if anyone can
>comment on its feasibility - I don't know much about
>the technical details involved. There is apparently
>a product (add-on board, software, cables etc.) that
>lets you back up a hard disk on a VCR (VHS) cassette.
[...]
>such a gizmo. Any thoughts? hard facts? Is anyone out
>there actually using such a thing?


	I've seen two.  One simply pluged in to any VCR and prompted
you to press play, stop and rewind.  The other came with a VCR that
had a serial port that was used to control it.  The software ran the
whole show on that one...  The problems:  The first required a great
deal of attention.  The second cost far more then it was worth.



-- 
->Spike

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From: spike@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Spike)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Hard disk back-up on a VCR ?
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Date: 11 Dec 87 17:06:57 GMT
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Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group
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