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.
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Received on Sat Nov 15 1997 - 12:33:34 GMT