VidiLoop
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− | '''VidiLoop''' was a data storage technology used by [[Chyron]] in some of their early-1970s devices (known as "Chiron", with an "i") used in the broadcast industry for storing on-screen graphics for use in television programs. It was a magnetic tape, with a two-foot loop of tape in a plastic housing. | + | '''VidiLoop''' was a data storage technology used by [[Chyron]] in some of their early-1970s devices (known as "Chiron", with an "i") used in the broadcast industry for storing on-screen graphics for use in television programs. It was a magnetic tape, with a two-foot loop of tape in a plastic housing. Later floppy disks were used instead. |
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* [[Wikipedia:Chyron Corporation|Wikipedia: Chyron Corporation]] | * [[Wikipedia:Chyron Corporation|Wikipedia: Chyron Corporation]] |
Latest revision as of 14:01, 5 January 2015
VidiLoop was a data storage technology used by Chyron in some of their early-1970s devices (known as "Chiron", with an "i") used in the broadcast industry for storing on-screen graphics for use in television programs. It was a magnetic tape, with a two-foot loop of tape in a plastic housing. Later floppy disks were used instead.