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I did the same, the title made me think of some long-lost TARDIS-esque technology exclusive to VHS tape shell that allowed for smuggling.

Realistically it wasn’t what was talked about, but it was a fun idea while it lasted.

Interesting idea, although the weight of the fake VHS cassette would have given it away. Plus, hard drives from that era with their cast aluminium frames were notoriously hard to squeeze...

If you think that would be heavy, imagine what 120 Libraries of Congress would weigh! You would need a VHS tape the length of 4 football fields.

I was imagining four present-day laptop drives. But then I remembered just how big HDs were back in ~1995...

The microdrive[1] existed. You could fit a lot more than four of those in a VHS cassette.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdrive