[rescue] OT: can a tape device be mounted?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:23:43AM -0500, Scott Newell wrote:
> >The reason I ask, is the idea of storing digital video on them, much like
> the 
> >idea of the DAT tape...  (How many feature length MPEG movies could you
> store 
> >on a 30 or 40 gig DLT?)
> 
> What's the sustained data transfer rate of the DLT drive?

Some drives can sustain 5mbyte/second.  Some can sustain a lot more than 
that, but 5mbyte/second seems common.  That is enough for DVD playback 
(which is about 2.7mbyte/sec).  In fact, traditionally, DVDs were mastered
to DLT.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd