Hard disk back-up on a VCR ?

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From: Erazm J. Behr
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1987 02:34

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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.
The transfer rate given in the ad wasn't great (?),
something like 1MB/min, but I guess every poor man's
solution has its drawbacks. Now, it seems likely that
the Mac SCSI port with some (trivial? complicated?) box
with electronics connected to the PCM input that most
*8mm* VCR's have could be a better/faster combination.
Of course, poor people don't usually own fancy new
digital VCR's - but those who do could certainly use
such a gizmo. Any thoughts? hard facts? Is anyone out
there actually using such a thing?
                           Eric
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