http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/25/look-and-listen/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/25/look-and-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-1059705 Toronto Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:51:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5184#comment-1059705 Oddly enough, linear tracked tape (LTO, [linear tape open-standard] which grew out of DLT [digital linear tape] is the "standard" these days for data backup. Helical tape like VCRs use was a very short flash in the pan for data. It turned out to be 'write only' - very hard to restore on a machine other than the one the wrote it, and sometimes even on the same machine. Oddly enough, linear tracked tape (LTO, [linear tape open-standard] which grew out of DLT [digital linear tape] is the “standard” these days for data backup. Helical tape like VCRs use was a very short flash in the pan for data. It turned out to be ‘write only’ – very hard to restore on a machine other than the one the wrote it, and sometimes even on the same machine.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/25/look-and-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-1059674 Al Bear Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:51:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5184#comment-1059674 It's like an 8-track! but with moving pictures. It’s like an 8-track! but with moving pictures.

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