On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:17:28 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 12/04/2011 6:29 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> Are you sure about that, Jim?
> I seem to remember that in the mid 70s I used DAT tape to load
> programmes and data into a Burroughs mini computer.

I'm pretty sure about that.  "Digital Audio Tape" is what DAT stands for.

You aren't thinking about standard cassettes?  I used to use those on 
Commodore PET and C64 computers, and they also had occasional issues with 
data loss.

Jim

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