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From: bill@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (William Tsai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tape Backup
Summary: How??  On a 2 disk system.
Keywords: mountain archive cms tape backup
Message-ID: <4080@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 1 Aug 89 18:37:52 GMT
References: <617@dekalb.UUCP> <1631@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Reply-To: bill@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (William Tsai)
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>In article <617@dekalb.UUCP> greg@dekalb.UUCP (Greg Philmon) writes:
>I'm interested in getting an inexpensive internal (or external) tape backup for
>an IBM PC clone.  I currently have two floppies, and will not give up my B:
>drive. 
>
>Most of the DC2000 units I've seen connect to the floppy controller, thus
>allowing you only a single floppy.  I have heard that Mountain makes a drive
>that can be daisy-chained from the B: drive, thus allowing you both floppies.
>
You don't need a seperate controller.  All you need is a floppy ribbon
cable with 3 connectors - one for drive A, one for B, and one for your
tape drive.  I am still looking for one such cable myself.  If you
see one, let me know.

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       Bill Tsai
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