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From: mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Colorado Memory tape backup
Keywords: Colorado, tape, backup
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.155954.11431@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 4 Apr 91 15:59:54 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.
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I am considering buying a Colorado tape backup system for my pc.  I would
like to hear from anyone who has had an experience with them.  Specifically,
I am interested in backing up a collection of 3 1/2" floppies.

I separate my disks into logical groupings (spreadsheets, graphics, etc.) and
create each disk with a volume label that reflects the group and a sequential
number (i.e., GRAPH-001, GRAPH-002).  What I would like to do is back up ALL
of the floppies (sort of like dumping all of the disks to tape) so that when
I add new files to a disk, I can do an incremental backup. Does the software
allow this, or is each disk considered an individual back up? Can you do ONE
backup of ALL disks and be prompted to "INSERT NEXT DISK"?

Also, I currently have two floppy drives. I know they sell a cable for ~$30
to chain the tape drive off the B drive.  Can you chain it off the A drive?
I know you can make the cable yourself.  Anyone know the details?

Thanks for any help.


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Matthew Frohman        texbell!digi!mfrohman  OR  mfrohman@digi.UUCP
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