On 5/11/21 2:27 PM, 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?
I ran a Metrum data tape system at a US Gov't-related facility in the early 1990s on a VAX. It used VHS tapes, and the interface was a Qbus board. We required no software other than standard VMS BACKUP. I don't recall the capacity offhand, but it was LARGE. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA