RECORDING OF HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL DATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83T00573R000600010024-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: May 17, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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OP 935-77
17 1 1'Y 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Director for
:administration
FROM
SUBJECT
Mike:
Clifford D. Hay, Jr.
Director of Data Processing
Recording of High 'ensity Digital Data
1. Last week you sent are a brochure on an optical/
film system for recording high density digital data. Our
technical people have been following the evolution of this
technology since the late 1950's. At the present time the
company that published the brochure (Digital according
Corporation) can demonstrate the technique in a laboratory
setup and claims it is "commercially feasible."
2. There is no doubt that this technique offers
some advantages over digital recording on magnetic media.
However, until operational configurations are developed
and offered commercially, we are unable to judge the
cost/effectiveness of this technique compared to magnetic
media. It is quite likely that the mass storage system
of the future will be based on optical recordings. In
the meantime, however, we can adequately satisfy our
needs with magnetic techniques.
Clifford 0.. say, Jr.
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