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- From: johnson@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Steve Johnson)
- Subject: Re: How do you back up a terabyte?
- Message-ID: <johnson.725107444@trwacs>
- Organization: TRW Systems Division, Fairfax VA
- References: <ericw.724459057@hobbes> <1992Dec16.161430.1109@cc.ic.ac.uk> <herman.724556613@phage> <1992Dec22.232752.10974@mole-end.matawan.nj.us>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:44:04 GMT
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- mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us writes:
-
- >In article <herman.724556613@phage>, herman@nosc.mil (John W. Herman) writes:
- >> twl10@ccc.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) writes:
- >
- >> >In article <1992Dec16.161430.1109@cc.ic.ac.uk> cmaae47@imperial.ac.uk writes:
- >> >>In article <ericw.724459057@hobbes>, ericw@hobbes.amd.com (Eric Wedaa) writes:
- >> >>-
- >> >>- The subject says it all. "How do you back up a terabyte?"
- >> >>
- >> >>With great care.
- >
- >> Paper tape. There is a company which advertizes the ability to back up
- >> 1 terabyte to a paper tape real. Honest
-
- >Someone check me--that would be about a 100 giga-inch reel, no? About
- >1.6 million miles of paper tape?
- >I don't mean to suggest that this is ridiculous; perhaps that company
- >plans to start just _one_ such backup?
- >--
- > (This man's opinions are his own.)
- > From mole-end Mark Terribile
- > mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, Somewhere in Matawan, NJ
- Actually the company refers to their product as "optical paper" tape and has
- more in common with optical discs than that cute yellow stuff with the holes
- punched in it. I've got information on it here (somewhere) and if I can find
- it will post it if desired.
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