The VHS format will be recognized by the IEEE with a Milestone In Electrical Engineering and Computing later this month, 30 years after the format was launched (and at the same hotel as the original press conference).

Full article and info at the IEEE web site:
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb22758...istoryvhs.xml&

Jim - IEEE member