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From: timj@maynhbd.UUCP (Tim Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive...
Summary: Archive Drives Work Fine
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Date: 23 Mar 91 22:08:18 GMT
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In article <40234@cup.portal.com>, 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?
> 
> 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?

Yep, Doug.  The Archive 2060S and ES work fine with the Amiga.  The $5
questions are WHICH Amiga, WHICH SCSI Adapter, WHICH version of AmigaDOS?

If you have the 3000 w/2.0, you received BRU, Fred Fish's UNIX based
backup program.  This program works great with the 3000's built in SCSI
adapter.  If you have an A2091, BRU will work with it also.  If you have
a 2090, I recommend that you try and swap it for a 2091 as nothing works
properly that I've found.

If you are using some of the other systems (Nexxus, Supra, GVP, et al), 
most of them have a backup program available that will use the Archive
drive.  I particularly liked Flashback from Nexxus.

One final tip - use DC6250 tapes in the 2060 and you'll get 100 MBytes
of data on a tape.  Downside - once you start using 6250's, we don't
recommend that you go back to 600A's or 6150's for writing.

Tim Jones				...!uunet!maynhbd!timj
Maynard Electronics, Inc.		or   timj@maynhbd.UUCP
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