[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Cheap backup tapes?

dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) (04/16/91)

I'm (very) likely to buy a TEAC 150MB tape backup unit in the next
week or two, but I'm concerned about the price of the media.  At
$29/tape it doesn't sound like I can afford to do a complete backup
very often.  Any suggestions for a good place to get tapes more
cheaply?  (E-mail, please, I'll summarize if I get enough info.)


-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)  I don't speak for my employer. --
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|   When I was young, my family bought a color TV.  Our neigbors, who   |
| were poorer, had only a black-and-white set.  They bought a piece of  |
| cellophane, red on top, yellow in the middle, and blue on the bottom, |
| and taped it over their screen, so they could claim that they had a   |
| color TV, too.                                                        |
|   Now there's Windows 3.0.                                            |
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kam@chinet.chi.il.us (Kevin A. Mitchell) (04/18/91)

You can get TEAC-compatible cassettes from the following suppliers:

Diskette Connection 1-800-654-4058 $15.95
Precision Data Products 1-800-258-0028 $16.18

Both are for Maxell CS-600XD. I've been using these in my Teac N50 
150Mb drive for seven months, and have had zero problems. I do nightly
backups via Retrospect, so they get used a _lot_.

I _did_ have to wait a long time for my last order; apparently Maxell
can't keep up with the demand.

No connection with the above companies other than buying lots of media
from them.
-- 
Kevin A. Mitchell/GIFConverter Author
kam@chinet.chi.il.us
74017.2573@compuerve.com