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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Can't copy between cartriges on removable HD???
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Date: 17 Jan 91 05:12:22 GMT
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In article <147@kalahari.cs.utexas.edu>, benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards) writes:
> 
> 
> I was told by a salesman at MacProducts in Austin that you can't
> copy/backup from one cartridge to another on a Magic/Syquest 45M
> removable HD.  From the conversations that have been going on
> here about these drives, I am led to believe that it can be done
> and has been done by many people.  What is the truth?

There may be some weirdnesses with the Magic drive, but I often copy
syquest catridges onto other cartridges.  I've done it using PLI, MassMicro,
and no-name Syquest drives.

My guess is the salesman doesn't know what he's talking about.

-- michael


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