[comp.sys.apple2] //e and SCSI Tape Back-up

acct069@CARROLL1.CC.EDU (Ron) (04/17/91)

I'd like to get a SCSI Tape Back-up unit for my //e system, but I can't
seem to find anyone to tell me whether or not it'll work.

I've got an enhanced Apple //e with 1 meg RAM (RAMworks III), 8 MHz Zip
Chip, CMS SCSI II card with the latest ROM's, and a CMS 60 meg hard drive
installed in slot #5.

I'd like to add a SCSI tape back-up to the system but all I've found for
software is a program I got from "tybalt" and it talks about the Apple
Rev. C SCSI card but nothing else.  I'd hate to spend the cash and not
have the set-up work.

If anyone has any ideas as to the hardware and software I'll need, please
send e-mail.  I'll post a summary if anyone would like.

Thanks much!
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Ron                      | Lightning Systems, INC. | Apple // Forever!
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joseph@rutgers.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) (04/18/91)

In article <9104170102.AA03677@carroll1.cc.edu> acct069@CARROLL1.CC.EDU (Ron)
writes:
>
>I'd like to get a SCSI Tape Back-up unit for my //e system, but I can't
>seem to find anyone to tell me whether or not it'll work.
>
>I've got an enhanced Apple //e with 1 meg RAM (RAMworks III), 8 MHz Zip
>Chip, CMS SCSI II card with the latest ROM's, and a CMS 60 meg hard drive
>installed in slot #5.
Ron,

I have the same software as you.  The docs claim it actually looks for the Rev
C roms and aborts if it cannot find them.  If this is true, you cannot use the
software with your CMS SCSI card.   

I suggest you swap SCSI cards.  Get a RamFast SCSI with the new 2.0 roms.   It
will be much faster than your CMS card for disk access, and it has tape backup
and restore software built in.  Call CV TECH for info-
(513)-435-5743

Seymour