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What's DAT? (1Mar93)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 33, 1 March 1993)

Several visiting astronomers have asked about the availability on Kitt
Peak of DATs (Digital Audio Tapes) for data storage to tape. DATs (DDS
format) are available now at the 4-m on `khaki' and at the 1.3-m on
`royal.' Like all of the tape drives, one can write to these devices
from other domes over the mountain network using both IRAF and Unix
networking. While additional DATs on the mountain are not in our
computer plan because of budget limitations, we do plan to support them
and would make them more available if demand increased.  DATs are also
available on several of the downtown computers.

Bruce Bohannan, Steve Grandi

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