Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> writes:
>
> > > video tape. However, as you may know, cards already exist to let you
> > > store data on the video portion of a video tape (rough cost is US$50)
> >
> > These devices exist since ages. For Amiga, you had a cable that connected to
> > the video port (for writing) and the serial port (for reading). The actual
> > hardware was next to nothing (a TTL IC and some capacitors and resistors).
>
> What I think is cool about the "Audio tape device" is that the
> required additional hardware is *nothing*, assuming that playback/record
> is already hooked up to the stereo.
>
> Even if the capacity is just, say, 20MB it is still a lot more
> convenient than going around with fifteen floppies. I'd rather go get
> a cup of coffee while copying than I would spend time splitting,
> switching floppies (twice), and joining. Also, if the tape deck has a
> timer, you could make automatic copies by night :-). All this without
> any investment.
>
> Yes, I actually like the idea a lot. Unfortunately I am afraid that
> the people who say that distortion and whatnot keeps this from working
> are right. I don't know why, it is just a feeling. Perhaps because I
> am thinking something like "if it was possible it would have been done
> long ago".
>
> Does anyone KNOW about this stuff? I think the extrapolation from tape
> drives (around 100KB/tape) vs. modems (around 100MB/tape) is merely
> guesswork and I have little idea which figure is closest to what might
> be possible today. For ˝MB/minute, I would probably use it...
>
> --
> Regards, Anders
> (address is valid)
>
> Johnson's First Law:
> When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most
> inconvenient possible time.
>
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