TRW Report.

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Sun Oct 31 16:30:20 1999

> It seems it was 'freebie' day yesterday... my most striking gift
>was a large box of 3/4" U-matic video tapes (13 of them) put out by
>Digital, titled 'The VAX-11 Instruction Set' They are of course a
>a video tutorial on that subject. I popped the first one into the
>player last night and it put me straight to sleep... they are the
>typical mid-80s hideously boring industrial instruction format..
>the graphics of a school film and voice-over by some un-inflected
>perfect-diction guy who pronounces mnemonic as 'newmunik'... but it
>is still a cool find. I think when DVD software gets a little
>cheaper it would be a good candidate for archival on that format.

DVD is a great "moderate" quality format that allows wide screen display
etc., but I think existing cheap/free MPEG compression and storage on a CDR
would work fine. Posting the results on alt.sleep.disorders possibly quite
profitable. Does the umatic tape have any archival issues that are of
concern already?

The cost issue with DVD I think will remain for some time with the media,
unless all of the vendors insist on a blood bath of price cutting like they
did with CDR.
Received on Sun Oct 31 1999 - 16:30:20 GMT