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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Tape backup via parrallel port
Message-ID: <1991Feb17.075538.23778@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 17 Feb 91 07:55:38 GMT
References: <20258@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
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In article <20258@shlump.nac.dec.com>
 gettys@yacht.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys) writes:
>	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

Another supplier of these is:
     Valitek, Inc.
     Mountain Farms
     Hadley, MA 01035

     Voice: 1 (800) 825-4835
     FAX:   1 (413) 586-5790

     Serial or parallel, 60M $1695, 160M $1995, 200M $2295

Same disclaimer; I haven't tried one.

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?