greyelf@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael J Pender) (11/27/90)
I've noticed the prices of 286 machines dropping lately, and couldn't help thinking that I might be better off buying a 286 machine than a IIgs. I mean, I like my laser 128ex, but I'll never make any money writing software for it.... Well maybe... Someone local asked me to make a tape archiver program for a IIgs that allows a person to save to videotape. So I decided to make a program that does just that, handles huge files, and can create backups to tape. I've also heard people asking for a program that allows block copies from device to device, of any block.... So in a nutshell, I'm going to write two more programs, a tape archiver, and a block copier. I'm asking for what people would like for features in a tape archiver or backup utility. I want to tailor my program to what people are looking for. If it doesn't work out, well Laser makes this nice little 286 clone with a 60 meg hard drive, 2400 baud modem, 3.5 and 5.25 inch high density drives, a 12 mhz processor, a meg of ram.... --- Michael J Pender Jr Box 1942 c/o W.P.I. The only Macintoshes greyelf@wpi.bitnet 100 Institute Rd. I'll ever buy go for greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester, Ma 01609 $.69 a pound... -- --- Michael J Pender Jr Box 1942 c/o W.P.I. The only Macintoshes greyelf@wpi.bitnet 100 Institute Rd. I'll ever buy go for
lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) (11/28/90)
Michael,
I'd be interested in a VCR tape backup program. One question...
How would you even go about doing it? Most VCR's I know of don't
have a SCSI port.
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In-Reply-To: message from greyelf@wpi.WPI.EDU
Wouldn't you need a card to go with a video tape archiver? I know that at one
time the now defunct Applied Ingenuity was to come out with a card that could
be hooked up to a VCR for tape backup.
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