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From: costello@stx.UUCP (Michael E. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: WangDAT drive from APS??
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Date: 14 Dec 90 00:55:05 GMT
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In article <734@nih-csl.nih.gov>, wayne@helix.nih.gov (Wayne Rasband) writes:
> I would like to buy a DAT drive to backup a 345MB AppleShare server and to 
> backup user disks over our Ethernet. The best deal I have seen is the 
> WangDAT drive with  Retrospect  from Alliance Peripheral Systems(APS) for 
> $1749. I have two questions. Is the WangDAT a good(reliable) drive and is 
> APS' support and service as good as they claim it to be in their MacWeek ads?
> 
> --wayne
> 
> 
Yes on both counts.  The WangDAT is a reliable drive.  I've been using it
for several months with Retrospect (you need a backup program that supports
helical scan).  My WangDAT is not from APS, but I have personally received
great service from APS, as have others that I know who dealt with them.

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