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From: rob@newsserver.sfu.ca (Rob Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: rs232 interface for tape backup
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.025351.12273@newsserver.sfu.ca>
Date: 23 Feb 91 02:53:51 GMT
References: <91053.122452DEEJ@MAINE.BITNET>
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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In <91053.122452DEEJ@MAINE.BITNET> DEEJ@MAINE.BITNET (Dj Merrill) writes:

>Does anyone know of a tape backup unit for a pc that will attach to the
>serial port??

>-Dj Merrill

I think you'll find rather quickly that if you backup machines at 115K
baud, you'll be waiting a VERY long time.

I believe someone mentioned a Tape Backup Unit that would connect to the
parallel port.  (Somewhere on comp.periphs)

This would probably be the most desirable.

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