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From: jwhitman@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Jerry Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: VCR Backup - HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 13 Jun 90 15:26:11 GMT
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I have posted this question before, but the only response I got was
from some folks saying 'me-too'.  Certainly there is someone out
there who has knowledge of the status of VCR tape/disk backup!!

A while back there was a thread concerning an adaptor to allow backup
and restore of a hard disk utilizing a VCR.  At that time it was one of
those 'RSN' items.  Since then, there has been noticable silence and
equal announcements.

The April tome of Computer Shopper has advertised that very capability
for (sigh) the IBM PC world.  Does ANYONE know ANYTHING definitive about
the status of such a beast for our AMY?  I am most interested in this
capability since I have a VCR already hooked up to my 1084S.

My hard disk keeps getting fatter and the need to back up is growing
exponentially, but it is very difficult for me to find enough time to
pump the required number of floppies into DF0: to get the job done.
With a tape (A.K.A. VCR) backup I could start it and let it go while
I did other demanding things.  You guys that are buying houses know
what I mean (paint, fix, trim, mow, clean  ... ad nausium)!!!

Thanks again, Jerry Whitman - keeper of the FishXref and FishCon