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From: blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive...
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.171910.10178@javelin.es.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 17:19:10 GMT
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Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
>Will an Archive 2060S drive work on the Amiga? Is there software which can
>backup data to it?

I've successfully used an Archive Viper 150 meg tape drive, but I don't
remember the model number. Both HDBackup (supplied with AmigaOS 2.0) and
the combination of Tar and Marcus Wandel's TAPE: device worked fine, Tar
was about twice as fast as HDbackup.

>If this will work, I can get these drives for $250.00. Maybe, if there is
>interest, I could arrange a group buy for interested persons?

Put me down for a "maybe". 
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Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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