History (1993): Datasonix Designing Smallest Streamer

“The current schedule calls for a roll out of the product in very early summer of 1994,” said Jim Greenup, president of Datasonix Corp. (Boulder, CO).

The new company, set up in July 1992, is designing the smallest worldwide streamer that could revolutionize the tape storage market for small microcomputers.

It’s based on Sony’s tiny Scoopman using cartridges no bigger than the surface of a stamp.

The first product launched would have a capacity of 600MB on a 120mn NTC-120 cartridge with a transfer rate of 7MB/mn.

It will first be offered in an external version at an end user price ranging around $800.

This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue 70, published on November 1993.