24 Nov
2001
24 Nov
'01
2:14 p.m.
UberTechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
I saw one advertized for the Atari 8-bits back in
early 80's called the
"Mirror tape" backup system from iirc Corvus?
Yes. I don't think it was so much for the Atari as it was for the
Corvus hard disks.
To tell the truth, I never really believed something
like this would be
reliable, but for three grand or more it HAD to be. Right?
I've heard mixed reports, never actually tried to use it myself.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how
something like that worked.
Just automate the front panel of a vrc and..... You could do random access
even. Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwww. Gives me the willies. Especially a 'kit'
version.....
Go check out US patent 4,380,047. That's the Corvus Mirror patent.
-Frank McConnell