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VCR Hacks

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-relation-to-pillow-pants dept.

The batteries are filled with liquid gold.

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  1. Re:bleh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    i luld

  2. A real hack... by HouseOfMisterE · · Score: 1

    I don't have a link to post, but I seem to recall that you can actually use a VCR (or a DV camcorder, even) as a tape backup device for your computer data.

    1. Re:A real hack... by JWSmythe · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I think you were looking for these....

      VCR seen as PC storage device

      or the links here

      Sounds like the best way to waste a weekend and a few bucks. Oh wait, I can take the same money, and go drinking with a pretty girl. :) One may get me laid. One is pretty much guaranteed not to. I'll let you figure out which one is which.

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    2. Re:A real hack... by HouseOfMisterE · · Score: 1

      With that kind of attitude, I would guess that neither option holds much guarantee for you (unless "the same money" is enough to rent you a cheap hooker).

    3. Re:A real hack... by mcgrew · · Score: 1

      I used the audio portion of VCR tapes to store data for my TS-1000 and MC10 computers back in the early eighties. Far more reliable than cassettes.

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