malpass@LL-VLSI.ARPA (Don Malpass) (11/15/88)
As I hit the last page of my latest Heaps*it catalog (and was about to
toss it) I saw a new product: streaming tape drive for about $380,
primarily to replace existing drives but with with a $200 [wow!]
standalone adapter. Anybody know anything about it? Do I correctly
infer that it will NOT work with the HZ-100, even if external? (I'll
ask Heath that question.) What's its competition, since $375 is
probably down around my pain threshold?
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Don Malpass [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa], [malpass@spenser.ll.mit.edu]
The Malpass Principle: Given a binary choice, the statistical
probability of doing the right thing is 31.7% - on good days.shermaja@CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU ("Jesse A. Sherman") (11/15/88)
You can always by the interface to hook into a VCR. You would
get the dual use of the VCR and tape back-up. I am not
sure if they work on the '100 but it would be worth investigating.
Jesse Shermanmalpass@LL-VLSI.ARPA (Don Malpass) (11/15/88)
As it happens, I have an OLD OLD Betamax (back when they cost
$1300) that is gathering dust, and I'm too proud to chuck it
out since it still "works". Can you offer any solid pointers
to products which might make use of it? I'm only interested
in doing a WHOLE-DISK backup on such a thing (eg I can live with manual
operation), since I can do monthly incremental backups on floppys. But
it has to be reliable enough that I'm willing to reformat my hard disks
and not worry about restoring from it. And I s'pose I'd be willing to
use either my newer Beta or my VHS vcr for the same purpose if I really
thought it was super reliable. Any suggestions?
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Don Malpass [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa], [malpass@spenser.ll.mit.edu]
The Malpass Principle: Given a binary choice, the statistical
probability of doing the right thing is 31.7% - on good days.shermaja@CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU ("Jesse A. Sherman") (11/16/88)
I never had any knowledge of using them. I thought maybe it would
be an option. Thanks for the pointers. :-))
Jesse