Hays orchestrated the feedback loop between KAO and the fans, who furnished suggestions via an Internet mailing list called the DAT-Heads digest . Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand-held device. KAO manufactures tape stock, recordable CDs, and other digital-recording media for companies that repackage and sell them under their own familiar, heavily promoted brands. The DAT-Heads also demanded that the paper inserts in the tape cases be long enough to accommodate lengthy lists of songs. One of the reasons that traders embraced the DAT format so eagerly, Hays points out, was that a three-hour jamfest could be archived on a single tape.
Traders are a notoriously picky clientele.
They know what they're talking about, and they don't want to be treated like kids. We're looking for an archiving medium that's stable and won't degrade over many years. When you can put a show on a chip - that'll be stable. Send it . Use this version.