perretg@cernvax.UUCP (perretg) (11/24/88)
Backup systems have not been considered in depth recently for the Amiga hard-disks, although they are a requisite component of any serious system. A recent study in MacWorld (november 1988) shows mainly 4 possible options of SCSI drives: 1) Tape drives (slow, small capacity, cheap) 2) Video Tape drives (fast, large capacity, expensive**) 3) Removable Hard disk and Bernoulli (fast, small capacity) 4) WORM optical drives (still expensive) What are the options, Amigan have already experimented? Is there any software support available? o SCSI driver for tapes or WORM o Global, incremental Backup Our more specific problem is the backup of a 142 Mb hard-disk connected to the A2090 board. ** Alpha Micro produces Videotrax for VHS Beta 8 mm videotape VCR for $499, if one include a computer controlled VCR for $1299 one get a complete system for $1800 with up to 240 Mb capacity. Denis Perret-Gallix
kodiak@amiga.UUCP (Robert R. Burns) (11/28/88)
In article <885@cernvax.UUCP> perretg@cernvax.UUCP () writes: )Is there any software support available? ) o SCSI driver for tapes or WORM Projects for both a SCSI TAPE: & a SCSI WORM: AmigaDOS handler are in the works at Kodiak Software. Neither is released, though the worm handler was demonstrated at the Panasonic booth at COMDEX. It's hard to turn down the opportunity to respond to a posting that so closely matches ones interests, even though it might be deemed "commercial". Interested folks should contact me directly. I'll save your querys till things get real and then get back to you. -- | / _ _|' _ |/ Bob Burns . . . . .---. . |/ (_)(_)|(_\|\ amiga!kodiak / \ |\ /| | | __ / \ |\ Kodiak \ _______/ A \| \/ |_|_|___|/ A \ | \ Software "Dedicated to the Science of Fun"\_________