Data storage apparatus stores and retrieves data on tape, using a helical scanning write/read technique with data being stored in tracks of predetermined format written across the tape, for example in accordance with the DAT format. The apparatus comprises a data organizer for organizing data to be stored...http://www.google.com/patents/US5367410?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5367410 - Storage of data on tape in multi-track frames of interleaved data, with data transfer on individual track basis
