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From: Jim Nelson <smartsignal@delphi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2 gig DAT drives
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 96 07:41:20 -0500
Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
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X-To: Dave Brady <dave@hypnos.neu.edu>

We're getting 40-45 MB/min onto DDS-2 DAT from a pentium pro.  Uncompressed!
I don't know who invented DAT, but I think that they've queued up enough
karma, in that single invention or conflux of inventions, to enjoy several
wonderful lifetimes.