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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Looking for Archive tape drive software (FASTAPE)
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Date: 15 Nov 90 17:49:44 GMT
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In article <2924@crdos1.crd.ge.COM< @crdgw1.crd.ge.com:jcb%frisbee@sun.com (exos:) writes:
<I'm  trying  to use the FASTAPE V4.00 software supplied by Archive for
<their  60M tape system/controller (don't have the numbers handy - it's
<the DC600A size 1/4" tapes).
<
<This software is  mighty  old,  from  around  1986/1987,  and  doesn't
<function  well  under MS-DOS V4.01. It seems to have problems with the
<newer  releases  of  DOS in terms of the FAT tables and such. Is there
<newer software that works better?

Look into PCTOOLS V6.x ... the PCBACKUP utility supports many of the popular
tape drives on the market.. probably yours too.
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