mab@druwy.ATT.COM (Alan Bland) (03/08/91)
I currently have an Amiga 500 with a GVP SCSI interface and 40 Mb drive,
and I also have an IBM XT clone that will soon have a SCSI interface
and approximately 210 Mb of disk space (160 Mb SCSI, the rest in two
internal drives). Since both machines will have SCSI, I may want to
get a SCSI tape drive that can be shared between the two machines for
backups. I would attach the tape drive to whichever machine needs
backing up at any particular time.
Questions:
1. Any recommendations on cheap but reliable tape drives that would
work on both machines? I don't know what "cheap" means at this
point, since I'm just now beginning to consider the options.
2. What additional driver software, if any, do I need on the Amiga to
do this? I would like it to work with Quarterback, as that's what
I use now for backing up to floppies.
3. Same for the XT. I currently use the backup program in PC Tools
Deluxe for backing up to floppies. The XT is running DOS 3.3.
I am also considering replacing the Amiga 500 with an Amiga 3000 someday,
so whatever I choose should work with the A3000 internal SCSI. In fact,
it's possible that I'll get the A3000 before I get a tape drive. I don't
really need or want UNIX on the Amiga, so the A3000UX is not a prime
consideration.
Thanks!
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-- (303)538-3510rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) (03/10/91)
In article <7762@drutx.ATT.COM>, mab@druwy.ATT.COM (Alan Bland) writes: > 2. What additional driver software, if any, do I need on > the Amiga to do this? I would like it to work with > Quarterback, as that's what I use now for backing up to > floppies. As far as I remember, Quarterback requires a direct-access device as its backup-medium, so a normal tape streamer can't be used. I'd recommend something like "tar" in conjunction with a TAPE: handler, HDBackup/BRU, or maybe TapeStore. All of these should also work with the A3000's internal SCSI. Ralph
jita@utu.fi (Marko Katajisto) (03/11/91)
On 9 Mar 91 22:46:18 GMT, rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) said: > As far as I remember, Quarterback requires a direct-access > device as its backup-medium, so a normal tape streamer can't > be used. I'd recommend something like "tar" in conjunction > with a TAPE: handler, HDBackup/BRU, or maybe TapeStore. All > of these should also work with the A3000's internal SCSI. Yes, current version of Quarterback does'n support tape streamers, I wonder if they are planning to do such upgrade, as an owner of a copy I hope so... Meanwhile I must get along with tape-handler and I'm very interested in getting the newest version of it since I've had some serious problems with it. Any ideas where I can ftp it or something, I've looked at ab20 and didn't find anything apropriate...? Did somebody mention here that one can get a copy of BRU by contacting Commodore or am I just dreaming? Does BRU work with various device drivers or just with those from C=...? I'd be happy of any help or info about tape drives, I've used tar and tape-handler and I get too many I/O-errors while trying to read/write tapes... ;( My current system is A2000/A2620 4MB and Microbotics HardFrame + Tandberg SCSI tape drive, which eats DC6150 and DC6250 cartridges... > Ralph -- Jita - Marko Katajisto University of Turku Department of Computer Science jita@utu.fi jita@nic.funet.fi jita@firien.bitnet Tel: +358 21 325910
vincelee@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Vincent H. Lee) (03/12/91)
In article <JITA.91Mar11165858@polaris.utu.fi> jita@utu.fi (Marko Katajisto) writes: >many I/O-errors while trying to read/write tapes... ;( >My current system is A2000/A2620 4MB and Microbotics HardFrame + Tandberg SCSI >tape drive, which eats DC6150 and DC6250 cartridges... > Hmm. I think one problem with tape-handler (I use btntape) is that it does not pass Flags to the scsi device, and I need to turn on r/w handshaking in order to get my trumpcard and MCD40 tape drive to work when my Lucas board is on. >> Ralph > >-- >Jita - Marko Katajisto University of Turku Department of Computer Science > jita@utu.fi jita@nic.funet.fi jita@firien.bitnet Tel: +358 21 325910