phcalamai@water.UUCP (Paul H. Calamai) (01/04/87)
I'm looking for advice before purchasing a tape-backup unit for my IBM-PC. Reliability and speed are my primary concerns (cost isn't). I'm not sure if my power supply will support an internal tape drive so I may have to restrict myself to an external drive with it's own power supply. So far I'm favoring the Tallgrass TG-1040e or 1020e but they aren't the fastest by any means ( r/w speed = 75 in./sec. , data transfer rate = 750kb/sec.). Please email me your comments and recommendations if you have any. I'd be interested in the options, features, drawbacks, integrity, price, etc if you can supply them. I'd also be interested in hearing about any magazine reviews (I've seen the one in BYTE, Oct. 1986). Thanks Paul Calamai CSNET: phcalamai%water%waterloo.csnet UUCP: ... decvax!watmath!phcalamai ARPA: calamai@anl-mcs or na.calamai@su-score
keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson) (01/06/87)
We have a Microsystems MT25 that we use for tape backups. I say "we" because it is an external unit that connects to a PC or XT via the floppy-disk connector sticking out the back of the machine. It takes the DC600A cartridges and can store up to 24 Mbytes/cart. The supplied software is fully menu driven and very easy to use (read: I let my managers us it unattended). We paid about $1k - $1.3k for it several (2? 3?) years ago. We are very happy with the unit. Of course, I can order the cartridges out of stock so I'm not seriously impacted by their price (appx. $25 each, I think). We've also purchased two interface cards to stick in AT's. I haven't had much experience with these, however, and so I can't testify to their efficacy. keith