On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:15:49 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>> About minidisc by sony, it was nice but started to suck at DRM already.
>> (integrated copy protection: 1 generation numeric copy only, no way to
>> transfert from disk to PC in numeric). Same for DAT tape...
> 
> It's news to me that DAT was ever intended as anything other than a
> studio format.

That's why it sucks so hard as a backup medium - it was only intended to 
be used for lossy data (ie, audio), and was adapted for use for backup 
medium.

Jim

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