QP06%PACE.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (QP06000) (04/24/89)
Good Evening,
This is my first append but, I promise they will get better. Now
for the fun part.
Is ReadySoft making the VCR Backup system, or is it someone else?
I know that an IBM version exists that allows you to backup 270 MB
on one standard 8 hr. video cassette. This is of major importance
to me because I now have over 130 MB of Hard Disk storage on my
Amiga 2000. 126 floppies is alot of fun :}
Does anyone know of a low cost tape drive that will work with the
Amiga 2000 or with a 2090 ? If so , who , what, when , and how much?
Last Question, Can the Amiga support multiple monitors like the PC?
By this I mean two seperate displays showing different things ie.
1- text/ 1 graphics or 2 graphics????
I know this works because at work I use a PS/2 80 with two monitors
one displaying DOS and my application running and the other display
shows a GDDM terminal emulator. Both are running ie. Multi-tasking
under DOS 3.3. Now I know the Amiga is a fantastic machine but
shouldn't we have the ability to display two views of the same 3-D
object on two seperate monitors?????? Hmm????
Scott C. Kennedy
Pace University/ IBM T.J. Watson Research Facility
QP060000@PACE / SCK@YKTVMTtomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) (05/05/89)
>bhenning@bhami.vnet.van-bc.UUCP (Bill Henning) writes:/ 6:47 pm May 3, 1989 / > ... >In <13849@louie.udel.EDU> of comp.sys.amiga Scott C. Kennedy writes: > >> Is ReadySoft making the VCR Backup system, or is it someone else? >> I know that an IBM version exists that allows you to backup 270 MB >> on one standard 8 hr. video cassette. This is of major importance >> 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 error correction, at rates of _AT_LEAST_ 200kBytes per second, or about 25 megabytes per minute. The hard disk should be capable of similar transfer rates. Even if I give you 2:1 for encoding and another 2:1 for talking to the disk and tape sequentially instead of overlapped, it still comes out over 5 megs per minute. Particularly if all you are doing is an image of the disk, I have to say the performance is extremely disappointing to me. I suspect others may feel similarly. I commend the concept, but I think you gotta do better on performance. >partition can be backed up in aprox. thirty-three minutes. I've >attempted to keep this message to a straightforward reply to a >question (although it is a relief not to keep it "secret" anymore). >As I understand it RSI will be selling it for $200US ($250Cdn). > > (more lines deleted) > >-- >############################################################################## ># Amiga // # UUCP: {alberta!ubc-vision,ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!bhami!bhenning # ># 1000 // # -or- bhenning@bhami.wimsey.bc.ca /* untested at this time */ # ># // # -or- bhenning@bhami.van-bc.UUCP /* I prefer UUCP mail */ # ># \\ // # BITNET: USERCCPM@SFU.BITNET /* I rarely check for other mail */ # ># \X/bhami# ARPA: William_Henning%sfu@um.cc.umich.edu # >############################################################################## >---------- Tom --I-hope-you-confused-hours-and-minutes-- Bruhns tomb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com