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From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Tools Version 6
Keywords: PC Tools, new version, FAX capability
Message-ID: <7110@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 15 Mar 90 15:04:15 GMT
References: <6194@blake.acs.washington.edu> <7081@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <4985@rtech.rtech.com>
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <4985@rtech.rtech.com> fredb@llama.UUCP (Fred Buechler [Devil Mountain Consulting]) writes:
>Tom,
>
>     Can you tell us more about the tape backup functionality that was
>supposed to be 6.0?   I really like PCBackup, but I want it to use my
>tape drive!!  Tape is by far the best media for backups, but most software
>from the tape drive manufacturers is horrible.

>In article <7081@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
>>Major improvements (IMHO):
		      ^^^^
I only wrote about changes that affected me. I don't have one of the supported
tape drives (ours are DC600).

They support DC 2000 tape cartridges drives:
	Irwin: IBM PS/2 Internal, Compaq internal, Models 2040 and 2080
	Mountain: TD-4000,TD-8000
	ArchiveXL: Series 80
	Colorado Memory Systems: DJ-10

PC Tools can format new tapes, and has a new command to compare the backup
with the disk. More than one backup can be placed on a tape and conversely
backups can occupy multiple tape volumes (it will format new tapes as necessary).

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
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