cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman ) (10/29/89)
I am about ready to buy a new mac system (IIci) and am on the look for a backup medium. I have been playing around with the Apple tape drive (and a mounting driver) and it seems to be pretty good except for the time needed to read/write the tape. The other options I see are diskettes (blech) and removable HDs. Diskettes are out as I have had nothing but bad experience with them in the past. They usually retain their data no longer than a few months. Removable HDs are real nice except for their price. Tapes seem to land somewhere in the middle. I could always squander the family fortune and buy a R/W optifloppy :-) So, what I am askig for is recomandations and a short description of what YOU use for backup/long term storage. Please answer to VSYOSSIE@WEIZMANN.BITNET (as answering to this address is only sometimes possible) and I will summerize. Thanks - Yossie -- Yossie Silverman What did the Caspian sea? National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel) cyosta%taux01@nsc.nsc.COM or RPR1YOS@TECHNION.BITNET NSA LSD FBI KGB PCP CIA MOSAD NUCLEAR MI5 SPY ASSASSINATE SDI -- OOLCAY ITAY