[comp.sys.amiga.tech] CMS tapes drives HD backup

gregw@sugar.hackercorp.com (Greg White) (01/06/90)

I sent this once before but I don't think it got out.

Has any one looked into hooking up one of these new Colorado Memory Systems
streaming tape drives to an Amiga. They are available mail order for
about $275 and will hold up to 120 Mb on one tape. According to the ads
they will interface to an IBM PC or compatible floppy disk controller and
come with software for handling backups on the PC.

It seems to me that the electrical interface would be fairly simple,
however I suspect some sort of device driver and software interface would
have to be written. Any volunteers?

This sounds like it might be the answer to Amiga's HD backup woes.

Any ideas?
     

Greg White