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From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Hard disk backups
Keywords: Backup Hard Disk Tape Removeable High Capacity A2090
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Date: 30 Aug 89 03:11:19 GMT
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Feed the lineeater!  --  Hey, why don't we feed the politicians to the lineeater?
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I am really getting tired of trying to backup 40 Megabytes of data to 880K
floppies.  This is really a pain!

What are the best options (now or RSN, but not too far away!) for backing up
hard drives.  I have an A2090, so I really wish that someone would provide
a way to use a tape drive with it.  However, CBM so far has NOT provided a way
to do that yet.  What are the net.folks doing about this problem?  Surely there
are better backup media available.  I've heard that C-Ltd has a 10 Meg floppy
that would probably be acceptable for backups.  Is anyone out there using it?
Is is reliable, etc?  Also, I've heard that C-Ltd has a tape drive that runs
on their controller.  What about it?  Are there any other products available
now that would be good for backups?  How do the developers out there backup
their hard drives?

Note to Dave Allen:  please post or Email info on your VCR "Streamer" (???)
                     (will it work on a 2000?)


                                   Thanks,



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                                        Jim Pritchett

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