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From: cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Reliability of tapes
Message-ID: <2766@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 89 14:13:30 GMT
Reply-To: cyosta@taux01.nsc.com ( Yossie Silverman )
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel
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I am about ready to buy a new mac system (IIci) and am on the look for a backup
medium.  I have been playing around with the Apple tape drive (and a mounting
driver) and it seems to be pretty good except for the time needed to read/write
the tape.  The other options I see are diskettes (blech) and removable HDs.
Diskettes are out as I have had nothing but bad experience with them in the
past.  They usually retain their data no longer than a few months.  Removable
HDs are real nice except for their price.  Tapes seem to land somewhere in the
middle.  I could always squander the family fortune and buy a R/W optifloppy :-)
So, what I am askig for is recomandations and a short description of what YOU
use for backup/long term storage.  Please answer to VSYOSSIE@WEIZMANN.BITNET
(as answering to this address is only sometimes possible) and I will summerize.

Thanks - Yossie
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Yossie Silverman                                   What did the Caspian sea?
National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel)
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