pesch@pa.reuter.COM (Roland Pesch) (09/29/90)
Last time I dropped in to see my local ST dealer, he had something
that caught my eye: a VCR-based tape backup adapter and software kit
for the ST. Apparently the thing is called "DVT VCR", and is by some
outfit called "Seymour/Radix". The price seems reasonable---$99---but
according to the dealer, it won't do any sort of good to my Spectre
partitions; it doesn't even have an image backup mode.
Now, I've been wishing for some kind of tape backup, and at that price
I'd love to go for the thing. But I've got a lot of stuff under
Spectre, and may at some point start keeping a lot of stuff under
something like Minix---another non-TOS partition or two.
Anywho: (1) has anyone got experience with this, or any other, VCR
backup device for the ST?
(2) Can it really not deal with non-TOS partitions? Does this
apply to its competition as well, if it has any?
(3) Any general thoughts on robustness of VHS tape as a backup
medium---how reliable is it (do I need to make three copies of
everything because of expecting two to fail?), how long do the tapes
last, anything else that seems useful?
Thanks!
/Roland
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