> On Feb 12, 2021, at 3:12 PM, jim stephens via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
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> There was a company who made a drive with glass media that a friend of ours
> repped for.
>
> It used a repurposed CD head which was driven hard enough to write their
> media. it was sold as being able to be written and locked such that it
> couldn't be further modified if need be. The nuclear security people were
> interested, but ultimately passed due to the size off the player, and the
> need for very long term access to the technology.
DEC had an optical WORM drive, I think it had rather large media. Not sure if
that's the one you're thinking about. I believe it shipped but it doesn't feel
like a particularly successful product. (Then again, the worst I remember was
a networking device that sold a total of 3 units over its lifetime -- the
DESNC...)
paul
