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Storing data on a VHS tape was a thing in the early 1980s. I worked on an AlphaMicro "minicomputer" with this feature.

https://manualzz.com/doc/o/9paan/amos-system-commands-refere...

Both the Commodore 64 and Amiga had this.

https://members.optusnet.com.au/spacetaxi64/MAIN/VFL-Video-f...

exactly. VBS was quite popular on Amiga.

On your set top box, you'll find a bunch of inactive ports on the back. One of them (I don't remember which) is there from an outdated law which was to bolster some digital VHS technology. I think it's called like VHS-D. I learned this being a FiOs technician and would look up any frequent question asked over and over again at the end of installs.

From memory: it was a FireWire port, which could connect to D-VHS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-VHS

Thank you so much! I was afraid to say it was the "FireWire" because it seemed anachronistic in my head.

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