----- Original Message ----- From: "Ingentus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm have a meeting with a client tomorrow & during a chat today > he mentioned that the has some material for the proposed website > on digital tape - what IS digital tape & how do I use it? Many computers have a digital tape drive for backup purposes. I can store 4GB on a small DDS-2 cartridge on my Seagate Scorpion, or up to 24GB on a DDS-3. If you have more data than you can burn onto a CD then a backup tape becomes a good way to carry it about. However, whether you can read a tape depends if you have the same hardware and backup software that was used to write it.. there are several "standards" for backup files, and many different sizes and shapes of tape cartridge like DLT or QIC or even systems that record onto VHS videocassettes. So if he just copied some data onto his particular tape drive using his particular software and just assumed anyone else would be able to read it, he may be sadly disappointed :-) Bj ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
