Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: tape backup/multi pc's Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 90 22:51:17 GMT References: <4054@pluto.dss.com> <273056e4-3c9.1comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: na Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 38 cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon) writes: >>Author: [Larry Fischer] >>I have a group of people using various kinds of pc's. >>I dont want to buy 25 tape drives. The machines are all on an ethernet >>but we dont run novell... >I use a Colorado Memory 60MB drive to backup network machines via >ethernet/TOPS. This works fine, except the archive bits on the clients are >not reset. (Not a problem for me) You can use the ATTRIB command to turn them off: ATTRIB -A C:\*.* /S >You can go that route, or buy one drive (about $300), an "External Kit" >(about $150), and an adapter for each machine (about $100). So your cost to >have the clients do local backup is $300+$150+($100 X #machines). We have done this in the past, but I've found that my users a much more judicious about using backups if they don't have to go get the drive and hook it up to their machines. I buy internal drivers for all new systems and they get a LOT more use. Every week! >Theoretically, you don't need the adapter board; the CMS drive will run off >the floppy controller. But that's for internal mounting -- if you want to >drag the drive around you'll want the adapter for its connector if nothing >else. (Unless you like opening the machines a lot?) Sounds like a lot of hassle. I seem to remember that the old XTs had an external floppy connector on the controller card. I think this is where these kind of drives became popular. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future