gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) (02/01/85)
*** SACRIFICIAL LINE *** I keep worrying about how easily I could lose 10 MB of data from my hard disk, and I must say that 360 KB floppies don't seem a perfect solution to the backup problem. I am beginning to see ads for tape streamers for prices of $500 to $900 (plus enclosure with power supply if needed). There also was some talk, a long time ago, about interfacing to video recorders, but I haven't seen an ad or anything for at least a year. Is there anyone out there who has experience or knowledge about those items? Do VCR interfaces still live? Are they practical? Are the $500 streamers good or junk? Do they come with S/W? This would mean device drivers or, if they act like floppies, patches to enable DOS to use their full capacity. Are there any questions I didn't ask that I should have? -- Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino) Support Bulgarian gajda players.