14 May
2021
14 May
'21
9:46 a.m.
Work did. Digi-data drive on a VAX. Drive was fully controlled by the computer. Had online/eject/rewind/write enable buttons. System admin thought it was a good improvement over the 9 track previously used. On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 02:27:03PM -0400, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hey all - just curious if anyone actually used modified VHS tape players/recorders for backing up their BBS or computer in generally back in the actual day?
I understand you can get a few GB on the tapes which would have been a huge amount in the late 80s and still useful up until at least the mid-90s..
If yes what was the setup, and how did it attach to your computer? what software was used?