Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:9791 rec.video:2323 sci.electronics:1709 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!spike From: spike@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Spike) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.video,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Hard disk back-up on a VCR ? Message-ID: <17312@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 11 Dec 87 17:06:57 GMT References: <9823@shemp.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: spike@bu-it.UUCP (Joe Ilacqua) Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group Lines: 23 In article <9823@shemp.UCLA.EDU> khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Erazm J. Behr) writes: >Hi; leafing through some sleazy-looking mag. full of >ads (mostly PC oriented) I stumbled on a very good >(or so it seemed to me) idea. I wonder if anyone can >comment on its feasibility - I don't know much about >the technical details involved. There is apparently >a product (add-on board, software, cables etc.) that >lets you back up a hard disk on a VCR (VHS) cassette. [...] >such a gizmo. Any thoughts? hard facts? Is anyone out >there actually using such a thing? I've seen two. One simply pluged in to any VCR and prompted you to press play, stop and rewind. The other came with a VCR that had a serial port that was used to control it. The software ran the whole show on that one... The problems: The first required a great deal of attention. The second cost far more then it was worth. -- ->Spike