rolled ▁at ▁a ▁Dutch ▁technical ▁school , ▁but ▁dropped ▁out ▁early ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁a ▁radio ▁station . ▁ ▁After ▁ful fill ing ▁mand atory ▁military ▁service , ▁Slo ot ▁settled ▁in ▁U tre cht ▁with ▁his ▁wife . ▁ ▁He ▁worked ▁briefly ▁for ▁Phili ps ▁Electron ics ▁in ▁E ind h oven . ▁He ▁left ▁this ▁job ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁after ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁half , ▁starting ▁his ▁next ▁job ▁in ▁G ron ingen ▁at ▁an ▁audio ▁and ▁video ▁store . ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Nie uw eg ein ▁where ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁own ▁company ▁repair ing ▁televis ions ▁and ▁s tere os . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁Slo ot ▁began ▁foc using ▁on ▁computer ▁technology ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Phili ps ▁P 2 0 0 0 , ▁Com mod ore ▁ 6 4 , ▁IBM ▁PC ▁X T , ▁and ▁AT . ▁Slo ot ▁developed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁country wide ▁repair ▁service ▁network ▁called ▁Re pa Base ▁with ▁a ▁database ▁containing ▁details ▁on ▁all ▁rep airs ▁carried ▁out . ▁This ▁concept ▁was ▁the ▁motiv ation ▁to ▁develop ▁alternative ▁data ▁storage ▁techniques ▁that ▁would ▁require ▁significantly ▁less ▁space ▁than ▁traditional ▁methods . ▁ ▁Slo ot ▁Enc oding ▁System ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁Slo ot ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁developed ▁a ▁data ▁encoding ▁technique ▁that ▁could ▁store ▁an ▁entire ▁feature ▁film ▁in ▁only ▁ 8 ▁kil oby tes . ▁ ▁For ▁comparison , ▁even ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁modern ▁techniques