9 Feb
2015
9 Feb
'15
7:39 a.m.
On 02/08/2015 07:50 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
On 02/08/2015 07:18 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I picked up a Digi-Data VHS drive with Pertec formatted
interface at a surplus
shop. It ALMOST worked, but was pretty clear the heads were
badly worn.
I did a couple backups with it, then it basically just
stopped working at all,
went to infinite retries.
Jon
Magtape filesystems have been around since the
1950s at
least, and possibly
the 50s.
Wasn't there at least one which used good ol' VHS video
tape as the storage medium? And by good, I mean bad.