11 Feb
1998
11 Feb
'98
7:17 p.m.
<8-Track was such a corporate 'Soap Opera'. I'm a little bit
<surprised that endless loop recording wasn't used much for computer
<data back then.
You missed something then.
EXATRON Stringy floppy (used tiny carts with 1/8" wide tape)
There are at least two that used modified 8track drives. Forgot their
names. I tried 8tr for data, it was ok but the wait even for a 3minutes
loop was painful.
Allison
12 Feb
12 Feb
8:16 a.m.
<8-Track was such a corporate 'Soap Opera'.
I'm a little bit
<surprised that endless loop recording wasn't used much for computer
<data back then.
You missed something then.
EXATRON Stringy floppy (used tiny carts with 1/8" wide tape)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I remember those. They were about the only mass storage you could
get for the ZX-81 IIRC. Didn't know they were continuous loop.
There are at least two that used modified 8track
drives. Forgot their
names. I tried 8tr for data, it was ok but the wait even for a 3minutes
loop was painful.
They wouldn't seem practical for on-line storage; I was thinking more
for archival applications. Of course, the $600+ pricetags for the
FDD's available at the time were painful in of themselves.
Jeff
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