Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!motcid!derosa
From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Tops advice needed
Keywords: Tops backups printing
Message-ID: <3467@crystal9.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jun 90 18:01:24 GMT
References: <1438@philtis.cft.philips.nl>
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grant@cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) writes:
>        1. There are two other Macs that I know of in the building, so 
>        maybe they'll also be able to use the Tops solution. Neither has an
>        ethernet card, will this be a problem?
They have to be able to talk to each other, either through Appletalk
cables (sold by Apple), Phonenet type cabling or ethernet.  If the two
macs are not physically connected to one another, you're dead in the
water.
>        2. If I can backup over Tops, what software would be required to run 
>        the backup or is it bundled with Tops - wishful thinking? 
Yes you can back up over tops but it is slow and non-automated.  I would
not recommend it.
>        3. Will any such software also allow me to correctly backup the A/UX 
>        partition, and can I run incremental and selective backup and recover 
Unfortunately, I do not have any A/UX experience concerning backups.
>        4. Can I use Tops to print from Mac applications on PostScript printers
>        connected to the SUN, 
No, you cannot use TOPS to print at all (even though it comes with some
printer utility software, i.e. spooler).

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In my opinon you need some sort of large drive, tape would be cheapest.
I currently use a 8mm (video) tape system from PCPC that uses the 
exabyte format for storage.  Each tape holds 5 gigabytes but the unit
costs approx $3000.  Apple makes a 40meg tape unit that is less expensive.
I don't recomment using another hard disk for backup, this is too expensive
and wastefull.

The PCPC hardware comes with some software called NetStream that really makes
the system (you can purchase it seperately).  This software will backup
to any type of mounted storage device automatically at a pre-determined
time. 
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