Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!yacht.enet.dec.com!gettys
From: gettys@yacht.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Tape backup via parrallel port
Message-ID: <20258@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 17:25:08 GMT
Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com
Reply-To: gettys@yacht.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Lines: 23


	I've seen a number of requests here for a tape backup that could be
easily moved from machine to machine and plug in to some standard port
like the parallel port.  Well, I just ran across an ad in Publish
Magazine for just such a device.

Mectel International, Inc
3385 Viso Court
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-980-4709 or 800-248-0255

	It's called the Tapexchange 60TX

	Claims are 20 megs in 6-7 minutes with up to 60 meg on a tape.  It
comes in a box that looks a lot like a Hayes modem and has a handle on
it. The tapes pictured look like standard audio tapes .

	NOTE: I know NOTHING about this product or the company! I'm only
posting this because of the apparent interest in this type of device and
the lack of response by anyone about it. You should check it out fully
before you make any decisions based on what I've said here!!

	/s/	Bob Gettys