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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard disk backups
Keywords: Backup Hard Disk Tape Removeable High Capacity A2090
Message-ID: <2410@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 30 Aug 89 12:45:35 GMT
References: <1501.AA1501@caleb>
Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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In article <1501.AA1501@caleb> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>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?  

	C.Ltd. has discontinued its 10-meg floppy drive, saying that it was
very hard to obtain (it is made by Konika).  They now carry the Syquist
44-megabyte removable media drive instead.  The Syquist is much more
expensive (about $1350 by mail order, plus $120 per cartridge).  However, if
you do find a 10-meg floppy drive, you might use it -- I have many reports
that they are very reliable.

	C.Ltd. does make a tape drive too, but it has one problem.  It 
can store only 20 meg on a 60-meg tape.  They are working to fix this;
call them to find out their latest progress, I guess.  If you don't mind
buying several tapes (pretty cheap), you might not mind the problem.

                                                        Dan

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