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From: ranma@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2091 PROBLEMS MUST BE RECOGNIZED! (Open letter to CBM)
Keywords: Anyone want to buy a A2500/30?
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.073333.6137@riacs.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 91 07:33:33 GMT
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Reply-To: ranma@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez)
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cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) writes:
|> watters@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (david r watters) writes:
[...]
|> < I constantly have to copy very large image files between two drives and I am 
|> < so damn sick of reconstructive all my partitions after they become currupted 
|> < by the "lockup" while writting.  This also means that any work that I have 
|> < rendered must be rerendered making my financial gain half as much based on
|> < time put in.  I should NOT have to back up my partitions EACH day.
|> 
|> First, I suspect that 'constant copying' of files is slightly overstated.
|> Granted, you may be required to copy vast amounts of data, but do you
|> really have continuous copies in progress?

I do...like 30-40 megs at a time.  Why?.. See below.

|> Second, if you are attempting to use your computer in a business (as your
|> article implies), then you should be expected to back up your hard disk
|> each and every day.  I've never been in a business which did otherwise.
|> Many times I've been in situations where backups were required twice a
|> day.

That's *EXACTLY* why I was using more than 1 drive in my Amy.  I was backing up
my internal Quantum to the Syquest drive.  I am *NOT* about to back up 30 megs
to floppies, especially since I am also one of the people who generate 1-2
megs of anim files per week, and have to back up the changes every day.
Of course, I _could_ use a tape drive...if there was some software for
supporting tape drives on the 2091 (yes, I know of the PD tape driver, but
that's not very pretty...)

|> Again, if you are running a business, you cannot allow yourself to rely on
|> hardware.  Any hardware....

You're absolutely right, and I don't intend to rely on the 2091 anymore. I ordered
GVP's Series-II through their upgrade offer.  Hopefully, I'll be back in
business in about a couple of weeks.


   robert