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From: jdwhite@iastate.edu (White Jason David)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Colorado Memory tape backup
Keywords: Colorado, tape, backup
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.230810.21585@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 91 23:08:10 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.155954.11431@digi.lonestar.org> mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman) writes:
>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
>                                OR  mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org

I have a Jumbo 120 model.  All you need to do is buy a ~$4 connector that goes
into the drive, and attach it to your current floppy cable.