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From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Seeking update for CMS backup tape software
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Date: 27 Jul 90 13:09:41 GMT
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In article <3909@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, hoang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Hoa`ng Tie^'n Du~ng) writes...
> 
>    I recently acquired a 40MB tape drive manufactured by Colorado Memory
>******text removed*****
> Is there an update program available from CMS or
>another source that can do compression on my drive?  

	Yes, there are programs that can do this. One is PC Tools V6 which is
what I use for that drive. The compression averages about 35-40% depending on
the type of files (mainly exe's in my case). 

	/s/	Bob Gettys N1BRM


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