a3@mindlink.UUCP (Dave Allen) (05/10/89)
>Org. : HP Lake Stevens, WA >Person: Tom Bruhns > >>bhenning@bhami.vnet.van-bc.UUCP (Bill Henning) writes: >> to me because I now have over 130 MB of Hard Disk storage on my >> Amiga 2000. 126 floppies is alot of fun :} >> (lines deleted ...) >> >> The expected throughput is 18Mb/hr, meaning that a ten megabyte > ^^^^^^^ >What the heck is the deal here?? Video is _FAR_ greater bandwidth >than this; also, folk use video tape to record digitized audio, with... > > (performance is extremely disappointing to me.etc... explanation) > >I commend the concept, but I think you gotta do better on performance. > >Tom --I-hope-you-confused-hours-and-minutes-- Bruhns >tomb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com We are aware that higher transfer rates are theoretically possible, but not at our price/performance ratio - we could make faster units, but could not possibly sell them for $199US. We are working on getting greater throughput later, however our aim is to provide a cost effective solution NOW - and such backups are non-attended, unlike floppy based backups. We can note that these times are comparable to doing backups to a floppy, WITHOUT THE HASSLE OR COST OF MANY FLOPPIES, swapping them, and not requiring constant attention. Thank you for your input/concerns, as you raised valid points, however there is a cost/benefit advantage to an affordable setup - one that can backup while one sleeps or goes to work. RSI started marketing the WEDGE to allow AMIGA users an inexpensive alternative to the hard drives on the market. That same concept has now been applied to EASY STREAMER thanks to Jim Brooks of WEDGE-TECH. This product will work ANY hard drive. Sorry if its too commercial... (line eater please :-) -- RSI-where WEDGES come from // Multi-Tasking is my life! 9651 Alexandra Road // Name: Dave Allen Richmond, B.C. Canada \\ // Phone: (604) 278-6694 - MIND LINK (604) 533-2312 V6X 1C6 \X/ UseNet: uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Dave_Allen
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (05/17/89)
More importantly, it gives you something to do with that free VCR you
got when you bought your A500! :-).
--Chuck McManis
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