Tom.Langseth@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Tom Langseth) (01/06/91)
Re: Your question concerning (I think they call it VideoTrax) backup
systems. Last time I looked into this I realized that even tho it works
and is less expensive than a SCSI tape drive (only if you don't have to
buy the VCR, also), it is a pain to use. First off, the software was
years behind even Apple's ----- and the most important down side is that
it takes 2 hours to back up 80 MB. 80 MB was the limit when I looked
this thing over. Even tho it is more costly, I went with a 150 MB tape
and enjoy my backups at 6-8 MB per minute. Then I can get on with life.
BTW, I have decided that a full backup (booting from a floppy),
reinitialization and restoration is the best and quickest way to perform
an effective compression and defrag operation.
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