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From: rad@genco.uucp (Bob Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: REMOVABLES TRASHING HARD DISKS ???!!!
Message-ID: <53@genco.uucp>
Date: 27 Sep 90 19:55:04 GMT
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In article <4270@husc6.harvard.edu> kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) writes:
>Well, just so you can have two different points of view, mine is the
>exact opposite.  I've had one experience with a Syqest drive and never
>want to have another -- it just left a bad taste in my mouth.

If your Mac bombed when you first used it would you go to DOS?  Actually,
it probably depends on the driver you use and how it was terminated.  I have
as APS SyQuest but use SilverLining.  I feel more comfortable using a
cartridge than worry about a tape restoring.  At least I can use Norton 
Utils if a cartidge crashes (which hasn't happened yet).  If a tape goes
bad, then your outa lu(uck (which has happened too often).

>and is fast enough for me (6-7MB/minute).  I've always believed that
>tapes were the perfect media for backup -- it's a shame that Apple
>had to standardize on the dog of tape backups, the DC2000.

I don't think tape is the best method.  Tape can be affected too easily
from strong magnetic fields.  And if a tape goes bad.... no Norton to
turn to.  Waiting for a restore is not better than instant access.  I sold
my Teac, I've lost too much using it.

SyQuests are even better as a second drive.  Can't do that with a tape
drive.  Access time is better than many conventional drives.  It mounts
and umounts like a floppy.


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