[vcf-midatlantic] VHS tapes for backup drives back in 80s/early 90s?

[Matt Patoray]

On a related subject, Sony had a system called PCM-1630 that stored digital audio data as an RS-170 (B&W 525/30) video signal which was recorded on modified U-Matic VCR’s. The bandwidth was 1.5 Mbps after error correction to be able to record 44.1KHz sample rate 16 bit stereo audio. 
The system was pretty reliable since almost EVERY CD made between 1982 and 1997-98 used that system for mastering: 

There was also a consumer version called PCM-F1 which recorded 44.056/14 audio on consumer Betamax.

Matt
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> On May 11, 2021, at 2:27 PM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> 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?