Tape backup unit: Any clues?

From: Roger Ivie <IVIE_at_cc.usu.edu>
Date: Sat Nov 15 11:49:29 1997

Kip Crosby wrote:
>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_at_cc.usu.edu
Received on Sat Nov 15 1997 - 11:49:29 GMT