Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site intelca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!intelca!kds From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: VCR = backup device (!) Message-ID: <207@intelca.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 16:01:51 EST Article-I.D.: intelca.207 Posted: Tue Feb 21 16:01:51 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 06:05:50 EST Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 9 In the latest PC World, Corvus is advertising a device that for $500 lets you turn your VCR (video cassette recorder) into a backup device, that holds 73 Mbytes. Does anyone out there have any experiences with this little gadget, I mean, besides possible access latency problems, it seems to be a really great idea (if you already have a VCR...) -- Ken Shoemaker, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. {pur-ee,hplabs,ucbvax!amd70,ogcvax!omsvax}!intelca!kds