At 09:52 11/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
Came across an interesting find recently....a
Pertec-interface TBU that uses, of all things, a VHS cassette mechanism to
back up as much as 2 gigabytes to a normal T120 VHS tape.
I'm just curious if anyone else has crossed paths with this unit. It's
called a 'Gigastore.'
Such a device, maybe not this particular make, was the standard OEM backup
for Alpha Micro minicomputers. Mid-eighties. Not madly reliable.
The backup unit an Alpha Micro sysadmin _i_ knew converted the data to
video to get it onto the tape; i.e., it wasn't a Pertec interface, but used
standard everyday VCRs.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu